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AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICS, 

ALSO, 

AN EXPLANATION OF MOST OF THE DISEASES WHICH AFFLICT HUMANITY 
ILLUSTRATED BY 

Ctocnti)-Ji our IJ^natoniical OEngrabiiigs. 

ALSO, A LIST OK NKARi.Y FIFTY 

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THE LOiXiJOiX SOCIETY OF AKTS 

WILL AW Alii) VALUABLE PREMIUMS. 

ALSO, A FULL ACCOUNT OF 

J. R. STAFFORD'S OLIVE TAR, 

THE GREAT ELECTRIC CURATIVE. 



(^ NEW YORK, 18r, (>: 

PUBLISHED BY THE STAFFORD OLIYE TAR COMPANY 
No. 16 State Street, East side of Battery. 

Copyright secured aocordiug to law. 




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PREFACE. 



We have endeavored to make this Book valuable to all, aad particularly so to Housekeepers. 
We trust that it will be found sufficiently useful to retain a permanent place in the Family. 

In regard to the prejudices of those who doubt what is herein stated of the great and vanea 
curative powers of Mr. J. R. StafiFord's Olive Tar; We only ask them to answer, to them- 
selves, the following questions : 

1st. — Is Disease produced by a want of Vitality ? 

2d. — When Electro Magnetism is imparted to the body, does it not increase its Vitality ? 

8d. — If J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar does not contain Electro-Magnetism, or Vitality, why does 

PAIN CEASE WHEN OLIVE TAH IS APPLIED ? 

4th. — How is the system made Proof against Malaria, or any other Atmospheric Poison, when 
the odor of Olive Tar is breathed, if the odor does not impart Vitality to the air by Electri- 
fying its Oxygen ? 

5th. — Where will you fiad such a list of Prominent names as appears in this book as 
cerUfyers to the gnat and varied curative powers of J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar ? 



Entered according to act of Oontrres^. in the year 1856, by the 

STAFFORD OLIVE TAR COMPANY, 

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Uuited States, for the Southern 

District of New York. 



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J. R. STAFFOKD'S 



FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK. 



WHEAT- AND-INDIAN BREAD. 
To two quarts of sifted Indian-meal add hot 
water enoup;h to wet the same ; when sufficiently 
cooled, add one tea-spoonful or more of salt, half a 
pint of yeast, and one-half tea-cupful of molasses ; 
then add wheat flour enough to make it into loaves, 
(it should be kneaded well) : and when risen light, 
bake or steam it three or more hours ; if this should 
get sour while rising, add a tea-spoonful of sugar 
and a little saleratus dissolved in water. 

BEOWN-BREAD, 

Take equal quantities of Indian meal and rye 
flour, scald the meal, and whoa lukewarm add the 
flour, adding one-half plot of good yeast to four 
quarts of the mixture, a table-spoon even full of 
salt, and half a cup of molasses, kneading the mix- 
ture well. This kind of bread should be softer 
than wheat flour bread. All the water added after 
scalding the meal should be lukewarm. When it 
has risen well, put it to bake in a brick oven or 
stove — the former should be hotter than for flour 
bread ; if a stove oven, it should be steamed twoj 
hours, then baked one hour or mere : when done it 
is a dark brown. The best article for baking this 
kind of bread is brown earthenware — say pans 
eight or ten inches in height, and diameter about 
the same ; grease or butter the pans ; put in the 
mixture ; then dip your hand in cold water and 
smooth the loaf; after this slash the loaf both ways 
with a knife, quite deep : some let it rise a little 
more before they put it to bake ; many people pre- 
fer this bread made of one-third rye flour instead of 
one-half. Vf hen it is diflicult to get rye, wheat flour 
will answer as a substitute. It adds very much to 
4he richness and flavor of this kind of bread to let it 
remain in the oven over night. 



VIRGINIA COEN-BREAD. 

Dissolve one table-spoonful of butter in three 
and a half pints of boiling milk ; into this scald 
one quart of Indian meal ; when cool, add a half- 
pint of wheat flour, a little sugar, a tea-spoonful of 
salt, and two eggs well beaten ; mix well together, 
and bake in two cakes ; tins well greased or 
buttered. 

INDIAN-BREAD, 

As prepared at the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. | 
Beat two eggs very light; mix them with one- , 
pint of sour milk, (or butter with sweet milk will 
do), then add a tea-sj)Oonful of soda or saleratus;, 
then stir in slov/ly one pint of Indian meal, and^ 
one table-spoonful of melted butter ; beat these 
well togetLier ; bake in a common cake pan in a 
quick oven. The bread can be made very good . 
without eggs. 

NEW METHOD OF MAKING BREAD. 

Tie up one pound and a half of the best Ameri- 
can rice in a thick linen bag, allowing ample room 
to swell ; boil it three or four hours until it becomes 
smooth paste ; mix this while warm with fourteen' , 
pounds of the best flour, adding the usual quantities 
or yeast and salt ; allow the dougli .to work a cer- 
tain time near the fire, after which divide it int& 
loaves. The flour should be dusted in, and most 
vigorously kneaded. This quantitj of flour and! 
rice has produced twenty-six pounds, thirteen 
ounces of this excellent brea<l, which kept moist^ft"^ i 
and sweet longer than that made by the ordinarj^'^ee, j 
process. This is the new French method. ^oor. i 

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obtained ; pour a quart ol' this liquid, boiling, over I 
the latter through a strainer, and stir up the batter 
immediately ; dissolve a tea-spoonful of alum and 
add to it ; then add one table-spoonful of sugar, 
one of salt, and one of ginger, and let it stand un- 
til lukewarm, then add about a gill of fresh yeast, 
stir well, and cover it tightly from the air. It will 
keep for a small family until the whole is exhausted. 
About a small tea-cupful of this, well stirred from 
the bottom will answer for four common sized loaves. 
The sponge should be set over night, and warm 
water and flour added early in the morning. When 
light, work it out. stiQ in loaves, ready for baking. 

NEW YEARS CAKE. 
Seven pounds of flour, two pounds and a quarter 
of sugar, three pounds of butter, one pint of water, 
caraway-seeds if you wish. 

JUMBLES. 
One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, one 
pound of butter, four eggs, roll them in flour with 
sugar before you bake them. 

.DOUGHNUTS. 
One tea-cup of sour cream, or milk, two tea-cups 
of sugar, one tea-cup of butter, four eggs, and one 
nutmeg, one tea-spoonful of saleratus, flour enough 
to roll, cut into diamond cakes and boil in hot 
lard. 

SOFT V^AFELES. 
Three pints of milk, two pounds of flour, eight 
eggs, one- pound of butter, some yeast to rise ; when 
light, bake la waffle irons greased with butter. 

HAED WAFFLES. 
One pound of flour, half a pound of butter, half 
*ound ol sugar, three eggs, a little rose-water. 

ICE CUSTAEDS WITHOUT CEEAM. 

\e one tea-spoonful of rice flour, a, pint of new 

he yolks of three eggs, sugar to your liking, 

rice very smooth, and stir it with the eggs 

boiling milk ; an excellent dish for children. 

IMMON BAKED CUSTAED. ^ 

art of new milk with eight well befiton 

the mixture through a fine seive, and 

h from five to eight ounce's of sugar, 

le taste; add a small pinch of salt, 

stard into a deep dish, with or with- 

rim of paste ; grate nutmeg or 

e top, and bake it in a very slov/ 

-. thirty minutes, or longer should 

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A FINEE BAKED CUSTAED. 

Boil together gently, for five minutes, a pint and 
a half of new milk, a few grains of salt, the very 
thin rind of a lemon, and six ounces of loaf sugar, 
stir these boiling, but very gradually, to the well- 
beaten yolks of ten fresh eggs, and the whites of 
four ; strain the mixtures, and add to it half a pint 
of good cream ; let it cool, and then flavor it with 
a few spoonfuls of brandy, finish, and bake it as 
common custard, or pour it into small well-buttered 
cups, and bake it very slowly from ten to twelve 
minutes. 

HAED TIMES PUDDING. 
Half a pint of molasses or syrup, half a pint of 
water, two tea-spoonfuls of soda, one tea-spoonful 
of aalt, flour enough to make a batter, boil in a bag 
for three hours, eat with sauce. 

GREEN GOOSEBERRIES 
Make a nice pudding by stirring a pint of them 
into a pint of batter, and either baking or boiling. 

PASTE FOE PIES. 
Five cups of flour, one cup of butter, one cup of 
lard, one cup of water, some salt. 

LEMON CEEAM. 
I'ake a pint of thick cream, and put to it the 
yolks of tv/o eggs well beaten, four ounces of fine 
sugar, and the thin rind of a lemon ; boil it up, 
then stir it till almost cold ; put the juice of a 
lemon in a dish or bowl and pour the cream upon it, 
stirring it till quite cold. 

FRUIT CREAMS. 
Take a half an ounce of isinglass, dissolved in a 
little water, then put one pint of good cream sweet- 
ened to the taste, boil it ; when nearly cold, lay some 
apricot or raspberry jam on the bottom of a glass 
dish, and pour it over. This is most excellent. 

EASPBEEEY CEEAM. 
Put six ounces of raspberry jam to a quart of 
cream, pulp it through a lawn seive, add to it the, 
juice of a lemon, and a little .sugar, and whisk it 
till thick. Serve it in a dish or glasses. 

EASPBEEEY JAM. 
Allow a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit, raash 
the raspberries and put them with the sugar into 
your preserving kettle. Boil it slowly for an hour, 
skimming it well. Tie it up with brandy paper. 
All iams are made in the same manner. 



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:!';XTRA BRANDY FP^ACHES. 

i'akv" Mon-is Whitoa, or the finest peaclies you 
ann irct, pat thern in a, preserTing kettle in boiling 
wat-er, let thera boil very geotly for a few minutes, 
take tbem <nit aud place them on dishes, 
laying them singly, remove the skin, which 
will peel ofi readily if scalded sufficiently. Take a 
pound of white sugar to a pound of peaches, and 
half a pint of water ; dissolve the sugar in the water 
and put the syrup over to boil ; skim it off clear, 
and put enough peaches in the kettle just to cover 
the top, let them cook a few moments till done, and 
then remove them carefully with a skimmer, placing 
them singly on dishes ; put some more peaches in 
the syrup, and continue till the peaches are all 
cooked. Put the syrup in a jar and let it remain till 
cold ; then add to the syrup white French Brandy 
to your taste, it will need to be quite strong, as the 
brandy will draw in the peaches. Place the peaches 
in small glass jars, and pour over the syrup, seal- 
ing them up tightly. 

COVERING FOR PRESERVES. 

To one part of mutton tallow, take two parts of 
bees-wax, melt them together, dip a cotton cloth in 
the mixture, and spread it quickly over the jar. 

PICKLED PEACHES.— EXCELLENT. 

Take ripe peaches, but not soft ones, rub them 
with a dry cloth, and put four cloves in each peach, 
if large sized, or two in the smaller ones. • The tops 
must be taken from the cloves. To one gallon of 
vinegar, put six pounds of good brown sugar, the 
vinegar must be diluted with water if too strong. 
Place the peaches in a jar, and put the vinegar aud 
sugar in a preserving kettle ; when melted put them 
over the fire, boil it, aud skim it, pour it boiling over 
the peaches, covering them up closely ; repeat this 
operation three or four times. It should be good 
wine or cider vinegar. 

PICKLED PLUMS.— VERY FINE. . 

Take damsons, wipe them, and prick them, place 
them in a jar, prepare the vinegar the same as in 
pickled peaches e.xccpt boiling some stick cinnamon 
in the vinegar; using no cloves, pour it over the 
plums in the same manner as poaches. 



If ':A'eetmeats aiv boiled too long, they los.' 
fiavor, sind become a dark color, if boiled too 
a time, they will not kt^ep well. < 



CURRANT JELLY. 

Take ripe currants, string them, place them in a 
jar ; and immerse the jar in hot water, and let them 
scald for some time ; then squeeze them through a 
flannel bag, add a pound of sugar to a pint of 
juice, dissolve the sugar, and boil it twenty minutes, 
skimming it all the time, put it in the glasses while 
M-arm ; when cold seal it pip. 

A DELICIOUS WAY TO PREPARE TOMA- 
TOES FOR THE TABLE. 

Scald ripe tomatoes, peel and cut them up, and 
sweeten with sugar to the taste, add a very little 
salt. 

ANOTHER WAY. 

Peel tomatoes without scalding, and season with 
pepper and salt. This is very nice. 

TOMATO CATSUP. 
Take one bushel of tomatoes, and boil them until 
they are soft — squeeze them through a fine wire 
sieve, and add three half pints of salt, two ounces 
of Cayenne pepper, three table-spoonfuls of black 
pepper, and five heads of ^-arlic (or onions) skicned 
and separated, mix together, and boil about three 
hours, or until reduced to about one-half, then boiUe 
without straining. 



Sweetmeats should be kept in glass jars, or in 
those of white queensware, 

BLACKBERRY CORDIAL. 

Take the ripest blackberries, mash them, put 
them in a linen bag, and squeeze out the juice. To 
every quart of juice allow a pound of beaten loaf- 
sugar. Put the sugar into a large preserving kettle, 
and pour the juice on it. When it is all melted, 
set it on the fire, and boil it to a thin jelly, when 
cold, to every quart of juice allow a quart of bran- 
dy, stir them well together, and bottle it for use. It 
n ill be ready at once. 

RASPBERRY CORDIAL. 

"Vo each quart of raspberries allow a pound of 
I'liiii' t-i;gar, mash the raspberries and strew the sugar 
:i, having fist pounded it fli2;h(,ly, or 
kcd it with the rolling pin. Let the ra.«p- 
ics and sugar set till next clay, keepin':: them 
covered, thcu put the;ri in a thin liuen hag, 
sqviecze out the juice wifh your hands. To 
y p'r.t ofjuice allow a quart of double roctifitHJ 
i,vy, f'o:k it well, and set it away for use. It 
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CHEERY BOUNCE. 
Take a peck of moreila cherries, and a peck of 
black hearts. Stoae the morellas and crack the 
stones ; pat all the cherries and the cracked stones 
into a demijohn with three pounds of loaf sugar, 
slightly pounded or beaten. Pour in two gallons of 
double rectified v/hiskey ; cork the demijohn, and in 
six months the Cherry Bounce will be fit to pour off 
and bottle for use ; but the older it is, the better. 

GREEN CORN PATTIES. 
Twelve ears of sreet corn grated, {Yellow corn 
will do, but not so well,) one tea-spoouful of salt, 
and one of pepper, one egg beaten into two table- 
spoonfuls of flour, mix, make into small cakes, and 
fry brown in butter or lard. 

ERIED OYSTERS. 

Choose the largest, and finest ovRters. Beat 
BOine yolks of eggs, and mix with tbein 
grated bread, and a small quantity of beaten nut- 
meg, and mace, and a liitle salt. Having stirred this 
batter well, dip your oysters into it, aod fry them in 
lard, till they are of a light brown color. Take 
care not to do them too much. Serve them up hot. 
Tou can use pounded crackers instead of grated 
"bread. 

EGG- SAUCE. 

Boil three or four eggs til! they are quite hard, 
peel and chop them down, and then stir them into 
melted butter, season with a little pepper and salt. 
TO TELL GOOD EGGS. 

If you desire to be certain that your eggs are 
good and fresh, put them in water ; if the buts turu 
up, they are not fresh. This is an infallible rule to 
distinguish a good ogg from a bad one. 



A little saleratus will prevent milk from turning 
Bour. 



HOW TO PRESERVE BEANS FOR 
WINTER. 
Take young and tender beans and throw them in- 
to a wooden keg, a layer of three inches deep, 
sprinkle with salt, then gjiothor layer of beans, and 
salt, and so on till the keg is nearly full. Do not 
put on too much salt. Lay over them a plate that 
will go in the keg, and put a weight on it. 
MOLASSES CANDY. 
Two quarts of West India molasses, one pound of 
brown sugar, the juice of two large lemons or a tear 
epoonful of strong essence of lemon, mix together 
the raolassea and sugar, and boil the mixture in a 
preserving kettle for three hours, over a moderate 



fire. When it is throughly done, it will, of itself, 
cease boiling. If not boiled enough it will never 
congeal and must be boiled over again. While 
boiling stir it frequently and take care that it does 
not burn. After it has boiled about two hours and a 
half stir in the iemon-jaico. If the lemon is put in 
too eoon, all the taste will be boiled out. When it 
is quite done butter a square tin pan and pour the 
mixture into it to cool. 

TO PRESERVE EGGS. 
Take equal quantity of gum arable and water, 
when the gum is dissolved coat the eggs with a 
brush, when the coating is dry add another coat, 
and the eggs will keep fresh till wanted. 

TO KEEP FISH FRESH. 

Draw t!ie fish and remove the gills, then insert a 
piece of charcoal in their mouths, and two or three 
pieces iri fheir bellies. If they are to be conveyed 
any distance, wrap each fish seperately in paper> 
arid place them in a box. Fish thus preserved 
will keep fresh for several days. 

BEET STEAKS. 
The beets, after being washed carefully, may be 
baked either whole like sw'eet potatoes, or in slices, 
and tbeii served up hot with, butter, pepper, &c., to 
the taste. There is a delicious flavor in beets cook- 
ed in this way, which is lost \«.'hen they are boiled. 
The best sorts for this purpose, are Basana, Waite's 
dwarf black, and turnip blood beet. 

VIRGINIA METHOD OF CURING HAMS. 
For every lOOlbs. of green hams take Slbs. of 
ground salt, 2 of brov/n sugar, 2 ounces saltpetre, 2 
ounces pearlash and 4 gallons of water. Dissolve 
and skim, rub the fleshy parts of the bams with the 
fine salt and, pack them small end down iuto a cask. 
In a day or two pour the above pickle on the hams, 
he sure to have the pickle cover the hams. In 4 or 
6 weeks, according to size of ham, hang them Jiock 
vp to dry for 3 or 4 days, then gmoke with grem 
hickory wood or corn cobs. Smoke till the rind be- 
comes a dark brown. 

KITCHEN SMELLS 

may be overcome by throwing a few pieces of char- 
coal into the pots, kettles or pans when cooking. 
Try it with codfish, ham and cabbage. 

A WORD TO SNUFF TAKERS. 
We see it stated that if iu places infeoted with 
mice their holes be plentifany treated with snuff, 
they will be off 1 ike shot. 



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GLASS. 
Glass should be washed in cold water, which 
gives a brighter and clearer appearaace to it than 
when washed ia warm water. 

CEMENT FOR MENDING GLASS AND 
CHINA. 

Take any quantity of lime receotly prepared 
from calcined oyster shell, and mix it to the con- 
sistence of paste with white of vgg ; lay it iranie- 
dialely upon the fi?sure, when it will immediatfjiy 
consolidate to the hardness of stone. ]f suffered to 
get dry while being used, it becomes quite insohible, 
even by strong acid, and resists the combined ef- 
fects of fire and water. 

DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING GOOD CAN- 
DLES FROM LARD. 

For twelve pounds of lard take one pound salt- 
petre and one pouiid of aluioa ; mix them and pul- 
verise them ; dissolve the saltpetre and alum in a 
gill of boiling water ; pour the compound into the 
lard before it is quite all melted ; stir the whole 
until it boils ; skim off what rises ; let it simmer 
until the water is boiled out, or until it ceases to 
throw off steam ; pour nft the lard as soon as it is 
done and clean the boiler while it is hot If the 
candles are to be run you may c:>mraence imme- 
diately, if to be dipj^d, let the lard cool to a cake, 
and then treat it as you would tailov/. 

When common starch is boiling, if it is stirred 
twp or three times with a sperm candle, it will im- 
part a gloss to linen. 

Calicoes should always be washed in cold water. 
Soap and cold water will remove any grease in 
them efiectually, and they will retain their color to 
the last. 

Cucumber peelings are said to destroy Eoaches. 

FLANxMELS. 

Put new flannel to soak over night in cold water. 
The following day v/ash and rinse them ia cold 
water. They will retain their color and not 
shrink. 

HOW TO DESTROY RATS. 

Sir Humphrey Davy recommends the following 
recipe as being tasteless, odorless and impalpable : 
Carbonate of barytes, two ounces, mixed with one 
pound of grease. It produces great thirst, and 
death immediately after drinking, thus preventing 
the animals g'^'ing back to their holes. To prevent 
accident to doga, cats and poultry, it should be 



on the inside of an iron or tin vessel, huns;, 
with wire, bottom upwards, over a beam, just high 
enough for a rat to pass under easily. 

HOW TO EXCLUDE PLIES. 
Suspend a net of light cord thread in a window, 
and no flies will pass through, although the meshes 
are large enough to pass a dozen through. This 
plan is only effective when there are windows on 
one side of the room — no opposite lights. 

IMPROVEMENT IN SOAP. 

The wife of an American agriculturist has been 
experimenting in soaps, and finds that the addi- 
tion of three quarters of a pound of boras to a 
pound of soap, melted without boilisg, makes a 
saving of one-half in the cost of soap, and of three- 
fourths the labor of washing. Improves the white- 
ness of the fabric, besides the usual caustic efiect 
is thus removed, and the hands are left v/ith a pe- 
culiar soft and silken feeling, leaving nothing more 
to be desired by the most ambitious washerwo- 
men. 

TC REMOVE RUST FROM STEEL. 

Cover the steel with sweet oil, well rubbed on. 
In forty-eight hours rub with finely pulverised un- 
tlacked liuie until the rust disappears. 

TO PREVENT METALS FROM RUSTING. 
Melt together three parts of lard and one part of 
re^in in powder, a very thin coating applied with 
a brush, will preserve Russia iron stoves and 
grates from rusting during summer, even in damp 
situations. For this purpose a portion of black 
lead may be mixed with the lard. The effect is 
equally good on brass, copper, steel, &c. The same 
compound forms an excellent water-proof paste for 
leather. Boots, when treated with it, will soon af- 
ter take the usual polish when blacked, and the 
soles may be saturated without danger ot soiling 
the floor, as it does not rub off. j 

WHITEWASH * 

Can be rendered durable by saturating the water 
used, with salt ; beef or pork brine will answer. 



To clean wall paper use wheat bran. / 

TO REMOVE GREASE FROM BOARDS. 

Pour boiling water on fullers-earth, enough to 
bring it to a stifl paste, which immediately spread 
over the greasy spots. This should be done over 
eight that it may remain en several hours. Next 
morning scour with hot water, and the grease will 
most likely be removed, if not apply the fullere- 
earth again. 



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TO MAKE GLOSSY SHIRT BOSOMS. 
Take two ounces wliite gum arabic, powder it in 
a pitcher, and pour on it a pint or more of water, 
according to the degree of strength you desire, and 
then, having covered it, let it set ail night. Id the 
njorniog filter it carefally from dregs into a clean 
bottle, cork it and keep for use. A tablespoon ful 
of gum -water stirred into a pint of starch, made the 
usual way, will give to either white or printed 
shirts a look of newness that nothing else can res- 
tore to them after washing. 

TO MAKE ROSE Yf ATER. 
Take two pounds of rose-leaves, place them on a 
napkin, lied round the edges of a basin filled with 
hot water, and put a dish of cold water upon the 
leaves ; keep the bottom water hot and change the 
water at top as soon as it begins to grow warm. 
Bj this kind of distillation you will extract a great 
quantity of the essential oil of the roses, by a pro- 
cess which cannot be expensive and will prove very 
beneficial. 

A sponge should never be wrung, as this breaks 
the fibres and injures its elasticity ; squeeze it as 
dry a.s possible and hang it by a string to dry in the 
air. Leaving i* soapy soon spoils a sponge. When 
used with soap it should be squeezed well in 
warm water, and left to lie a few minutes in 
cold. 

ADVANTAGES OP CLEANLINESS. 
Health and strength cannot be long continued 
unless the skin, all the skin, is washed frequently 
with a sponge or other means. Every morning is 
best, after which the skin should be rubbed very 
well with a rough cloth. This is the most certain 
way of preventing cold, and a little substitute for 
exercise, as it brings blood to the surface and caus- 
es it to circulate well through the fine capillary 
' vessels. Labor produces this circulation naturally. 
The insensible perspiration cannot escape well if 
the skin is not clean, as the pores get choked up. 

TO REMOVE DANDRUFF. 

Take a thimbleful of fine powdered refined boras, 
(can be had at any druggist or country store,) let 
't dissolve in a teacupful of water, first brush the 
head well, then wet a brush with the mixmre and 
apply to the head. Do this every day for a week, 
and twice a week after, for a few times, and you 
will elFectaally remove the dandruff. So says a 
lady friend who has tried it. 



FOR THE TEETH 
Never use charcoal, it wears oS the enamel ; the 
incrustation being an alkali, use a weak acid. — Vine 
gar and water, or lemon juice and water. Use a 
stifi tooth brush. 

CURLING FLUID FOR THE HAIR. 
A piece of beeswax, size of a large pea, add to air 
ounce of sweet oil, melt together- and add any kind 
of perfume you like. 



To dry and preserve herbs, select the shoots just 
as the flowers form and show color ; but before they 
expand ; suspend them in an airy situation, under 
cover, not exposed to the sun. 



TO BOIL ARROWROOT FOR CHILDREN. 
, Take a teaspoouful of arrowroot, put it into a 
breakfast cup, and mix it smooth with two teaspoon- 
fulls of cold water, then slowly pour on boiling wa- 
ter until it loses the white appearance and becomes 
transparent, stirring quickly all the time, then add 
milk or water, until you get it to the cotisisteacy 
you wish, and svv^eetcn it. It may be boiled with 
milk instead of water. 

LOCKJii^V 

Ilns been immediately cured by applying an electro 
galvanic apparatus to each angle of the jaws ; but a 
few turns are requisite for the cure, 

BEEF TEA. 
Take a pound of beef, which cut in pieces and 
put into a sauce pan with a quart of cold water, 
place it on a slow fire, and skim it carefully as it 
beats, let it simmer gently for about an hour, and 
before serving, strain it through a hair seive. Sea- 
son with a little sauce. 

BARLEY TV" ATER. 
Choose the best pearl barley, boil it for a few min- 
utes, then throw away the water and add fresh in 
the proportion of a pint to an ounce of barley, boil 
quickly, and then let it simmer for an hour, sti-aia 
and sweeten, flavor with lemon or according to taste. 
It is beneficial to invalids. 

CHARCOAL, 

As a medicine, should be used very sparingly. It 
does not digest, and it frequently causes fatal results 
by lodgir-'g: in the intestines and folds of the 
stomach. 



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Ice applied to any part of the body will produce 
insensibility to pain, while it is applied. This fact 
19 being made use of to perform Surgical and Dental 
operations. 

Deafness in elderly persons is usually accompani- 
ed with confused sounds and noises of various kinds 
,in the inside of the ear itself. In such cases, insert 
a piece of cotton wool, on which a very little Olive 
Tar has been dropped. 



Warm water is preferable to cold water as a 
drink to persons who are subject to dyspeptic and 
bilious complaints, and it may be taken more freely 
than cold water, and consequently answers better 
as a diluent for carrying off bile, and removing 
obstructions in the urinary secretion in cases of stone 
and gravel. 

A member of the Scottish Mesmeric Curative 
Association stated at a late meeting, th.it persons 
desirous of avoiding sleepless nights, should lie 
with their heads to the north — on no account with 
their heads to the west. 



8ALERATUS. 
Dr. Alcot pronounces saleratus esces3iv>?'v injur- 
ious to the human system. After relating aa in- 
stance of very dangerous disease induced by the 
use of saleratus — causing muscular prostration, loss 
of the tone of the bowels, and immediate mortifica- 
tion wberen^er a blister vvas applied — the doctor 
makes the following startling declaration: There 
can be no douht that the subinflimmatiou of the 
alimentary canal, which the habitual use of this 
alkali induces, both in children and adults, is one 
cause of that dread mortality which prevails among 
the former ; but which in summer and autumn, when 
other causes co-operate, proves peculiarly alarm- 
ing. 



In 



MEDICAL USES OF SALT. 
cases of disordered stomach a teaspoon.ful 
of salt is a certain cure for cholicT Put a teaspoon- 
ful of salt in a pint of cold water, drink it and go to 
bed. The same vail revive a person who has had a 
heavy fall. In an apoplectic fit, no time should be 
lost in pouring down salt and water, if the patient 
Bwallow, if not the head must be sponged 
with cold water until the sense returns, when salt 
will completely restore the patient from lethargy. 
Salt will expel worms if used in food in moderate 
quantities. It aids digestion. Much salt meat is 
injurious. 



Never bathe in water so cold or so warm 
the sensation prodaced is not agreeable. 



that 



VENTILATION. 

As every adult human being inhales about sixty 
gallons of air per hour, the necessity of attending 
to ventilation in close apartments is evident. 

A CHEAP SUBSTITUTE FOR A VAPOR 
BATH. 

Take a piece of lime about half the size of your 
closed hand, and wrap around it a wet cloth suEScient- 
ly wrun^ to prevent water running from it. A dry 
cloth is to be several times wrapped around this, 
place one ot these packets on each side and by both 
tliighs (a few inches from them) of the patient ; an 
abundant humid heat is soon developed by the ac- 
tion of the water on the lime, which quickly indu- 
duces copious perspiration, the effect lasting for 
two hours at least. When sweating is fully estab- 
lished, the lime may be withdrawn, which is now re- 
duced to a powder. In this way, neither drinks 
nor loading the bed with covering is required. 



From recent official investigation it appears that 
medicines and diet compounds, in' England, are large- 
ly subject to falsification. For example, epsom 
salts are adulterated with Glauber's salt ; mercury 
with lead, tin and bismuth ; gentian with the poisons 
aconite and belladonna ; cod-liver and castor oils, 
with common oils; opium in various wa3's. Half 
the arrow-root in the shops is mere potato- starch 
or sago meal ; oat-meal is deteriorated with barley 
meal ; honey with floarj starch and sugar ; and the 
wholo catalogue of farinacious food is similarly tam- 
pered with. 



CHARCOAL. 

If you place fine charcoal over any decaying 
substance, animal or vegetable, all oflensive effluvia 
will be aires *ed. 

Tea, collee and cocoa, all contain in the roasted 
state ia which they arc used, aromatic oils in min- 
ute proportions, to which the peculiar aroma of 
each is due. They contain also a proportion of an 
a?tringent substance resembling the tan in of gall 
nuts or oak bark. In the tea and coffee is found a 
variable quantity of a white crystalline body called 
theine ; and in cocoa a substance of nearly a simi- 
lar character, called theoromine. Of thc,-'e three con- 
stituent parts, two of them, the votatile oil and the 
theine, are known to exercise a peculiar influence 



npon the system. The .MI possesses narcotic; qui 
ties, intoxicates, occasioDh headache and giJiiine 
and sometimes paralysis. 



Chemistry has discovered iu common clay a metal 
(Alumina) which is as light as glass, nearly as 
white as silver, which does not rust, and is a better 
conductor of electricity than Platina. It is now 
of the same value as gold , but will soon be re- 
duced to the present value of copper. 



REPRODUOTIVB POYfBR OP FILTH. 
Let every family remember that every particle of 
damp dirt about their dwellings is a plague spot, 
for these spots only need warmth to breed 
their deadly contagions, and scatter their disease 
far and wide. 



The cause of hair turning gray is the v^ant of 
iron in the system. 

NICOTINE. 
The results of recent chemical researehea made 
upon the tobacco leaf, show that on the dry liaf 
there naturally resides from two to eight per cent. 
of a narcotic volatile, highly poisonous alkaline 
liquid, to which the name of nicotine has been giv- 
en, and along with it a three or four thousandth 
part of a volatile oil, v/hich also possesses narcotic 
properties. Upon the chewer the influence of tobac- 
co depends chiefly upon the action of these tv/o ia- 
gredients of the natural leaf. But the smoker pro- 
duces during the burning of his tobacco a new oily 
"distiliment," which comes to him with the smoke, 
and materially exalts the action oi the tobacco upon 
his system. This empyreumatic oil, as it is called, 
mingles in vapor with the natural volatile oil and 
nicotine of the tobacco, and aids in producing those 
I varying and complicated elfects upon the body and 
brain so familiar to all. 

There are about seven millions oF pores iu the 
body of a man of ordinary size. 

Only about one-fourth of the human Iramc, bones 
included, ia solid matter, chiefly carbon and nitro- 
gen, the rest being water. If a man weighing 140 
lbs. were squeezed out under a hydraulic press, 105 
lbs. of water would run out and thirty-five pounds 
of dry residue would remain. A man is therefore, 
chemically speaking, thirty-five pounds of carbon 
and nitrogen, diffused through five pailfuls ofv/atcr. 



'i'o rtinove acid stains from linen or cotton goods 
moisten the cloth with water, and hold a lighted 
match under the stain, the sulphurous gas from the 
match will remove the stain. 

Sealing Wax. Take 3-4 of rosin, 1-4 beeswax, 
6 oz. shellac, melt and stir too;ether. 



TO RENDER ANY KIND OP FABRIC OR 
TISSUE WATEE-PROOF. 
Dissolve two and a half pounds of alum in four 
gallons of v/ator, dissolve also, in a separate vessel, 
the same weight of sugar of lead in the same quan- 
tity of water, s-dien both are thoroughly dissolved, 
mix the solutions together, and when the sulphate 
of lead resulting from this mixture has been precipi- 
tated in the form of a powder, pour off the solution, 
and put into it the article to be rendered water proof, 
wash and rub it well for a few minutes, to have it 
well saturated, then hang it up to dry. 

B'ly powder is made of arsenic and sugar. It is 
very dangerous and very unliealthy. 

Campbene and flaid lamps have killed more hu- 
mans than has boiler explosions, and yet from ig- 
norance the people will use them. 

A Cejnent which gradually becomes as hard as 
stone may be made by mixing twenty parts, by 
weight of clean sharp sand, two of litharge, and one 
of -whiting, and making them into thin putty v^ith 
linseed oil. For seams in roofs, it may be formed 
of white or red lead, thinned with linseed oil, and 
dry sand added. 



An interesting discovery has been made in France, 
with regard to engrafting fruit trees. Instead of 
making use of a graft, a slip is taken, from an ap- 
ple tree for example, and planted in potatoe, so that 
a couple of inchesTof the slip remain visible. It 
soon takes root, developes itself, and finally becomes 
a handsome tree, bearing fine fruit. This method 
is due to a Bohemian, a gardener. 



MANURE HEAPS. 
The usual oiFeusive odor and evaporation from 
them, may be entirely prevented by sprinkling over 
the dung heap, by means of any ordinary water can, 
a solution of a pound of common copperas to a gal- 
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TO MAKE HENS LAY. 
If a teaspoonfull of cayenne pepper is given to a 
dozen hens with their food every other day, winter 
and summer, the quantity of eggs they will produce 
•will be nearly doubled. So says Dr. Hall. 

THE BEST FERTILIZER FOE HOUSE 
PLANTS 
Is common glae diluted with water, an ounce of 
glue is sufficient for a gallon of water. 

TO MAKE ECONOiMFOAL WHITE HOUSE 
PAINT. 

Skim milk, two quarts ; fresh slaked lime, eight 
ounces ; linseed oil, six ounces ; rosin, two ounces ; 
Spanish white, three pounds. The lime to be slak- 
ed in water, exposed to the air, mixed in about one- 
fourth of the milk ; the oil in which the rosin is 
previously dissolved, to be added a little at a time, 
then the rest of the milk, and afterwards the Span- 
ish white. This quantity is sufficient for twenty- 
eeven square yards, two coats. 

Any mineral paint mixed with sweet milk, in. 
stead of oil, will make a cheap and durable outside 
paint. 

ALL INSECTS AND ALL VERMIN 
Have a decided aversion Jor the odor of Olive Tar. 
If you unll remember this simple fact, and make use of 
it, you loill not regret it. / 

TO PRESERVE TIMBER. 
It is said that if one pound of sulphuric acid is 
mixed with forty pounds of water, timber immers- 
ed tlierein will not rot, and that the underground 
portion of posts will last for many more years for 
being so treated. 

ANTS AVOID RED CEDAR. 

A few red cedar shavings on a pantry shelf will 
prevent the depredations of ants. 

THE BEST WAY TO BE RID OP RATS 
Is to leave no place for them to harbor in, when 
you build. A few sheets of tin under the base 
boards will prevent their getting up, and if the cel- 
lar has a cement bottom, they will not stay in it, 
provided they cannot get through it. 

TO REMOVE GREASE SPOTS. 
Put on powder of clay ; place a piece of blotting- 
paper over it. Then pass a hot iron over the blott- 
ing-paper. The heat liquifies the grease, the clay 
absorbs it, and any excess of grease is absorbed by 
the blotting-paper. 



CORN SOAKED IN TAR-WATim, AND 

THEN ROLLED IN PLASTER. 

Will yield more, be of a better color, and ripen 

sooner, and will not be disturbed by birds or 

worms. 

TO MAKE TOUCH BEEP TENDER. 
Place it in a pan or pot, with a quantity of wa- 
ter. Let it steam for half an hour ; then roast it 
in the usual manner. 

BEDS AND BLANKETS MADE OP PINE 

LEAVES. 

The hospitals in Austria are all supplied with 
beds and blankets made from the leaves of the 
pitch pine ; the leaves undergo a chemical process 
to separate the fibre from the green resin ; the fibre is 
used forstuffiing the mattresses, and for weaving into 
blankets ; they are proof against ail insects and 
vermin, 

CEMENT FOR PAPER. 

The water in which rice has been boiled makes a 
good cement lor pasting paper, 

NEW MODE OF PREPARING AND PRE- 
SERVING BUTTER. 
After the cream is placed in the churn, ponr by 
small portions at a time, agitating the while, puffi- 
cient lime-water to destroy the acidity. Churn un- 
til the butter is separated ; it will not collect in 
lumps ; pour off the buttermilk and churn till it is 
all collected. More butter will be obtained, and it 
will keep much longer. 

CHURNING, 

In churning butter, if small granules of butter 

appear which do not "gather," tlirow in a lump uf 

butter and it will form a nucleus and the butter 

will "come," 

A CHEAP AND EFFICIENT RAT TRAP. 
A good trap may be made*by filling a smooth 
kettle to within six inches of the top with v/ater, 
and covering with chaff The first rat that gets in 
makes an outcry because he cannot get out, and the 
rest coming to see what the matter is, share the 
same fate. 



Beds. — Cotton mattresses are best for rheumatic 
persons. 

BED-CLOTHES. 

The perfection of dres?, dny or r)i!::ht, where 
warmth is the desideratum, is that whieh confines 
around the body sufficient of its own warmth, while 



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it allows escape to the exhalation!? of the skin. 
Where the body is allowed to remaiu in its own 
vapors, we must expect an unhealthy effect upon 
the skin. Where there is too little ventilating es- 
cape, insensible .perspiration Is checked, and some- 
thing analogous to fever supervenes. Foul tongue, 
ill taste, a.nd lack of naorni.ng appetite betray the re- 

Bolt. 

HOW TO MAKE A TEUTlIFrjL 
"OAEOMETEE. 
Take a clean glass bottle and pat in it a small 
quantity of finely pulverized alani. Then fill up 
the bottle with spirits of wine. The alum will be 
perfectly dissolved by the alcohol, and in clear wea- 
ther the liquid will be as transparent as the purest 
water. On the approach of rain or cloudy weather 
the alum will be visible in a flaky spiral cloud in 
the centre of the fiaid, reaching from the bottom to 
the surface. Thus, a cheap, simple and beautiful 
barometer is placed withja the reach of all who 
wish to possess one. For Eimpliclty of construction, 
this is altogether superior to the frog barometer in 
general use in Germany. 



Mosquitoes. — Pennyroyal, in leaf or in essence, 
will drive away mosquitoes. 



Cockroaches — Ave said not to be, partia! to the 
odor of spirits of turpentine — try it. 

HOLLOW AXLSS 
Have double the strength of solid if they contain 
the same p.monut of metal. They are used exten- 
sively on the English railroads. 

THE FOOLS NOT ALL DEAD. 

Two recent patents have been granted in Europe 
for perpetual motion, one to aaEnglishiianand the 
other to a Frenchman. 

STEAM JOINTS. 

Equal parts of red-lead and black oxide of man- 
ganese mixed with linseed oil, make a good luting 
for Bteara joints. 

LIQUID GLUE. 

Dissolve two pounds of strong glue in one quart 
of water in a glue kettle, or in a water-bath ; when 
the glue is entirely melted, add little by little to 
the amount of tf-n ounces of strong nitric acid. This 
addition produces an effervescence due to fhe disen- 
gagement of hyponitric acid ; when the whole of the 
acid is added, remove the vessel from the fire and 



leave it to ci>ol. I have kept glue thua prepared 
more than two years in a stopped flask, without its 
undergoing any alteration. This liquid glue is very 
convenient in chemical operations , I have employed 
it with advantage in my laboratory for the preser- 
vation of different gases. 

FEET AND HANDS 
thai have been drawn cut of sliape by rheumatism 
may be restored to shape by bathing them in 
Olive Tar, For this purpose let the Olive Tar be 
made blood warm ; bathe at least twice a day, oft- 
ener if you can ; the cords will gradaally relax. 

ALUMINIUM. 
It has been found that if metallic iron is boiled 
in a solution of sulphate of aluminia, however im- 
pure, the iron dissolves, and pure subsulphate of alu- 
minia is thrown down as a white precipitate ; this 
may, when washed, be at once ignited, and mixed 
wi'h carbonaceous matter in {lie usual manner for 
the production of the volatile chloride of aluminium. 
Pare aluminia may thus be obtained directly from 
the most impure clays. This subsulphate, by boil- 
ing with the equivalent quantity of sulphuric acid, 
becon3es converted into the soluble sulphate of alu- 
minia of commerce. 

ALUMINIUM, 
Which has hitherto existed only in very small 
quantities, and esteemed rather as a curiosity, can 
now be produced in masses sufficient and cheap 
enough to replace copper, and even iron in many 
respects. M. Dumas, the celebrated chemist, re- 
cently exhibited to the French- Academy of Science 
many ingots of aluminium, of surpassing beauty and 
brilliancy. The members could hardly believe the 
ingo+s were not silver, until taken into the hand, 
when their extraordinary lightness at once proved 
the contrary. That a metal should weigh so little 
seems almost incredible. ^ 

WORTH KNOWING. 

To aaccftain the length of a day or night, any 
time of the year, double the time of the sun's rising, 
which gives the length of the night, and double the 
time of setting, which gives the length of the day. 
This is a little method of "doing the thing" which 
few of our readers have been aware of. 

A NEW STYLE OF BRICKS 
Has been invented, made of a mixture of sand and 
lime, compressed v/ith power into a mould of sclt- 
nble shape. In every lOG. pounds of limestone, there 



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are 44 pounds of carbonic acid ; and the process oi' 
burniug' this lime causes this carbon to piiss (.li. aud 
fits it for hydration. This remaining 56 pounds of 
sulphate of lime, when hydrutt d and mixed with sand 
or gravel, according to the quantity of each, has an 
affinity for carbon, and one part in every hundred of 
the atmosphere being- carbonic acid ans, hardens 
the mixture, so that the brick will do to be laid in 
three days after naking, and becomes hard enough 
the same season to bear the greatest burden. The 
carbon in the atmosphere more readily cotsimuni. 
eating itself to the hydratxHl lime when moist, and 
every time it rains upon the bricks, after being orce 
well dry, only tends to make them harden when dry 
again. 

AN ARTIFICIAL STONE, 
Patented by J»hn Vf ood,of Brooklyis, is attracting 
some attention. It is composed of fifteen parts of 
clean sand, five parts of calcir.ed piaster, and four 
parts animal blood. When first mixed, the com- 
position is about the consistency of stif! mortar, and 
the nr.-Et fragile piaster mould is sufficient for its re- 
tention during the few hours necessary to the per- 
fection of its form. The potash of the blood dis- 
solves a portion of the sand, and diffuses it through- 
out the mass as silicate of potash, the elements to 
which all material analogous to this, owes its adhe- 
sive properties. The albumen of the blood becom- 
ing thoroughly commingled by manipulation, is co- 
agulated by the silicate of potash and rendered in- 
soluble — thus forming locks holding all the parts 
firmly together, while the iron of the blood forms a 
sesqui-oxide. 



Llmk does not hasten putrefaction, but retards 



Five Droi's of creosote will prevent a pint of ink 
from becoming mouldy. 



Guji Camphor is the best preventive of sjoths and 
Mher insects. 



S0APS. 
The most economical for washing clothes and 
scrubbing is soft soap. The hard soaps are all adult- 
erated with earths and rosin. For toilet purposes, 
always use Castile soap in preference to any other, 
if you can obtain good. Castile soap is made of 
olive oil and barilia. 

CHEMICAL ACTION OF LTGH'I\ 

Never shade a house ; let sunlight into every 
room, and let every inhabitant feel its influence. 
Man requires sunlight as much as plants ; sunlight 
and fresh air are essential for health. 



Apples have as much nutriment as potatoes. 



A Nail in the inkstand, or some old steel pens, 
that the acid of the ink can act upon, will prevent 
steel pens in use from being rusty. 

WHITEWASH ON CARPETS. 
To restore the color, moisten with a few drops of 
hartshorn. 

TO CLEAN HAIR BRUSHES. 
Vv''ash them in salcratus water. 

TO CLEAN KID GLOYES. 
Put them on and wash in spirits of turpentine. — 
Camphcne is better, but more dangerous on ac-conui 
of fire. 



Steel can be regenerated by healing it to 
heat, and plunging it into boiling water. 



SiLics that ha-^e chansred color by acids, can bo 
restored by using hartshorn. Don't be afraid of it 
on the silk. 

TO MAKE FliANNELS KEEP THEIR COL 
OR AND NOT SHRINK. 

Put them into a pail and pour cold suds on, let 
them lie in soak for 12 hours, then wash Ihem with 
the same cold suds, and rince in cold water. 



To REMCVE THE FUR IN A Tka-Kettlk.— Boil po- 
tatoes in it a iew tinaes. 



BRILLIANT VARNISH FOR LEATHER. 

Take four oz. of shellac, half an ounce of lamp- 
black, and place them iq a stoneware vessel, into 
which pour about one and a qwarter lbs. of alcohol, 
and cover it with a moist bladder. Let them be fre- 
qn.ently shaken for about 24 hours. After this 
puncture the bladder, and add half an ounce of tur- 
pentine, and leave the whole tor about twenty four 
hours longer. Repeated applications of this will 
crack the leather, but for somci purposes it is very 
useful. 

TO MAKE COFFEE. 

The best mode is the French mode of racking, 
that is, to strain it ; you can got it clear, all the fla- 
vor and all the strengthf, ai.d it. is done as soon aa 



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hot water can run through it. French coffee-pots 
for racking can be had at any house famishing 
store. 



by washing in 



Kanoid Buttkr may be restov 
iime water. 



UNDERGROUND DRAINING AND SUB- 
SOIL PLOUGHING 
Prevent ground from ever-becoming too wet or too 
dry. The draining and loosening the earth admits 
the air ; the coldcess of the earth condenses the air 
in the same manner that a pitcher containing ice-wa- 
ter does in warm weather. By this method air is 
also supplied to the roots of plants, which is equally 
important. No farmer should delay a single season 
to commence this most important branch of agricul- 
tural economy. 

NEW MIXTURE USED IN WASHING 
CLOTHES. 
In Berlin, Prussia, the washerwomen use a mix- 
tare of 2 oz. spirits of turpentine, and i oz. of spirits 
of sal-ammoniac, well mixed together. This mix- 
ture is put into a bucket of warm water in which h 
pound of soap has dissolved. Into this mixture 
the clothes are immersed during the night, and the 
next day waslied ; the most dirty cloth is perfectly 
freed from all dirt, and after two rinsings in pure 
water the cloth has not the least smell of the turpen- 
tine. The cloth does not require so much rubbing, 
and fine linen is much longer preserved by it. 

TO MAKE YINEGAR. 
One quart of molasses, three gallons rain water, 
one pint of yeast. 



Let it stand for four weeks. 



SALERATUS, SODA, YEAST POWDERS, 
SELF-RAISING FLOUR. 
Did it ever occur to any who reads this, that the 
increase of dyspepsia, with its numerous collateral 



I diseast«. is owing to the increased use of these new 
[ helpmates of the kitchen ? 

TO PRESERVE EGGS. 
Bore a number of Ij inch holes in a board ; place 
the eggs in them, point downwards. They will keep 
fresh for six months. 

TO BOIL POTATOES. 

Let the potatoes be of a size ; do not put them 
in the pot until the water boils. When done, pour 
off the water and remove the cover, until all the 
steam is gone. Then scatter in half a tea-cupfuU 
of salt, and cover the pot with a towel. By adopt- 
ing this plan watery potatoes will be mealy. The 
above recipe is a very important one ; but few know 
how to boil potatoes, and' but a few of those who 
know, practice it. 

BESSEMER'S GREAT INVENTION 
Of producing malleable or wrought Iron and Steel 

Without the proeess of puddling or carbonizing, is 
attracting the notice of all the iron masters in Eu- 
rope. The effect is produced by forcing a curi-ent of 
cold air (under a pressure of lOlbs to the inch) into 
a mass of melted iron, as it comes from the stack 
of a blast furnace. The oxygen of the air, com- 
bining with the carbon of the iron, creates intense 
heat, converting the sulphur and phosphorus into gas- 
es. The other impurities form slag, which from iesa 
specific gravity, floats on the surface, or is ejected 
by the blast which is continued until the iron as- 
sumes a stringy appearance — this is the imperfect 
steel. The process is continued until pure malleable 
iron is formed. 

The only question now is, whether the intense heat 
produced by the unison of the oxygen and carbon 
does not render the finished iron or steel more lia- 
ble to oxydation, time will soon tell. 



THE LONSOI SOCIETY OF AETS 



Will award a premium for the best communica- 
tion which is sent to them on the following subjects : 

For an account of the modes by which WoJfravi 
can 1)6 separated from other ores. 

For an account of menachanite, or iserine, and 
euggestions for obtaining iUanium from those ores. 



For any improvement in the process of condens- 
ing the fames in the smelting of lead slags. 

For an account of the best proportions for the 
production of the compound metal bronze ; and the 
preparation of bi'onze washes. 

For the invention r a white metallic alloy, free 



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from microscopic faults, which may be successfully | for a decoloriziag agent for linseed oil, which will 
applied to the arts ; ia hard enougli to use in reflect- 
ing telescopes, and is not liable to be acted on by 
the atmosphere. 

For the discovery of a new smokeless fuel, which 
shall not occupy more space, or be of greater weight 
than the fuel now in use ; (we suppose the allusion 
i& to cocoa-nut stearin), and shall be equal to amount 
ofheatingpower,without liability to injure metals 
in contact with it. 

For an account of the processes employed in ob- 
taining difiyrent products, as parafine from ehale, 
and the uses to which they may be applied. 

For an account of an economic manufacture of 
color by electricity. 

For the preparation of any color, applicable to 
the japanned surfaces of paper mache, that shall be 
free from the brightness (or glare) of the varnished 
colors now used, but yet possess the same degree 
of hardness and durability. 

For the preparation of light colors to be used in 
enameling or japanning slate or iron, that will stand 
the action of heat from the Are without blistering or 
discoloration, and be sufficiently hard to resist 
scratches. 

For an account of the process involved in the pre- 
paration of animal charcoal, and its recent applica- 
tions to manufacturing and other purposes. 

For the best assay on the theory and practice of 
fermentation, particularly as applied to the art of 
brewing, so as to modify, or altogether dispense with 
the intermediate process of malting. 

For a substitute for, or preparation of yeast for 
raising bread, that may be preserved for use, better 
than hitherto generally known. 

For improvements in the processes for preserving 
animal food, and for preventing salted and other pro- 
visions from becoming rancid, with an account of 
methods at present employed. 

For the discovery, and production to the Society 
of any new substance which can be successfully 
used as a substitute for gutta percha. 

For the production of a perfectly colorless copul 
varnish, not liable to injure the colors over which it 
is applied. 

For the production of a colorless gold size, not 
liable to afiect the delicate tints with which it is 
mixed when used to facilitate their drying. 

For a pure colorless oil, suitable for artists 



leave its other properties unimpaired. 

For the production of cheap purple and yellow 
lakes, of good quality, suitable for carriage-builders, 
etc., and not liable to fade or change color. 

For the importation of, at least, two tons of any 
new vegetable fibre, applicable to all the purposes 
for which flax or hemp is now used, and equally 
strong and durable. 

For the discovery of an economic and efiective 
substitute for the teazels, used in raising the face, or 
nap, of cloth. 

For a method of preparing an engine size for the 
use of paper-makers, superior to any now in use. 

For the best account of the mode in which size 
from sea-weed is prepared and used by the Chinese. 

For the best series of useful products from sea- 
weeds, the methods of obtaining them, and the pur- 
poses to which they are or may be applied. 

For an effectual method of utilizing the sewerage 
of towns. 

For an account of the mechanical means at pres- 
ent in use to facilitate the operation of packing 
goods, whether by hydraulic presses or otherwise. 

For the best form of street goods wagon ; the 
improvements required are a lower center of gravity, 
and a ready means of discharging heavy packages. 

For an elastic material for tubing suited to the 
conveyance of gas, and not liable to be aflected by 
alterations in temperature, or to be acted upon by 
the gas itself. 

For improvement in the oxy-hydrogen microscope, 
and the means by which a bright object may be 
presented on a dark ground. 

For a rapid means of reproducing artistic designs 
or sketches, without the intervention of hand labor 
for surface printing by machinery. 

For a means of producing impressions from cop- 
per-plates by machinery, without the intervention of 
hand labor. 

For the invention of a simple electrometer, to be 
sold at moderate price, for determining the amount 
and kind of atmospheric electricity ; and which will 
shov/ uniform results under uniform circumstances. 

For the invention of a marine mercurial barome- 
ter, which will obviate the oscillation of the mercury, 
and fulliU all the conditions accessary to make it a 
good and reliable instrument ; jcd be sold at n 
moderate prica. 



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"EIFT BOOK. 



For the invention of an anemometer for deter- i 
mining the direction of the wind, and its pressure iu 
poands on the square foot, to be sold at a moderate 
price. 

For the invention of an anemometer for measuring 
the force and direction of the wind on board ship 
correctly, distinguishing the amount due to the 
wind and that due to the ship's velocity, varying 
with the angle. 

For an instrument that will detect the local at- 
traction of a ship at sea, with reference to the com- 
pass, by direct observation of the heavenly bodies, 
witJiout the process of turning the ship. 

For the production of a lustrous wool, to be 
used in lien of silk, in the manufacture of fringes, 
carriage laces, etc. 

For the successful application of some new means 
(as electricity, or photography, for instance) for pro- 
ducing ornamental designs iu woven fabrics, which 
shall be cheaper, and easier of application, than 
those at present employed. 

For an efficient means of removing the fatty mat- 
ters from skins, so as to render them capable of 
receiving mordants by the ordinary printing process. 

For the best mode of dressing kid for the upper 
leather of boots ; the improvements required are, 
strength of the grain and a good firm black dye. 

For the best specimens of cisterns, suitable for 
household or other purposes, made of glass in one 
piece. 

For a chair or couch aftording the greatest possi- 
ble amount of support to persons of weak physical 
powers while writing. 

For a means of rendering the plaster used for 
casts, less absorbent, and more adhesive, so as to 
facilitate its use for repairing purposes. 

For the best means of turning to useful account, 
slag of furnaces, in a coarse, rerin(;d. or combined 
state. 

For the best design for a flower trough or vase, 
ornamented in bas-relief, and capaWe of being cast 
from a mould in one piece, and of b'.i,ig produced 
in terra-cotta. 

NEW INVE3TIGATJ0NS IN" AGRICUI^ 

ITTRAL CHEMISTRY. 
The following coinmuuication baa been read before 
the French Academy, by M. Roy : — 

Of all the amuoniiical salts, the carbontite ofj 
ammonia is the only one which furnishea assimilable 1 



nitrogen (ju a large scale. The leguminous plants of 
artificial soils liave the remarkable faculty of absorb- 
ing gaseous carbonate of ammonia by means of their 
leaves. This property renders these plants valuable 
in agriculture. Grains in general, those of natural 
meadows and cereals, do not absorb it in a state of 
solution by means of their spongioles. 

Plaster produces a direct and marked effecti up- 
on plants which absorb carbonate of ammonia in a 
gaseous state— that is, by means of their leaves ; 
such are the leguminous plants of artificial meadows, 
lucerne, etc. The effect of plaster is to cause the 
absorption by the loaves of the carbonate of ammo- 
nia which the dew and rain bring to the surface of 
the earth and plants. During the last stage of de- 
composition of manures, the nitrogen is disengaged 
from the soil in the state of carbonate of ammonia. 
The dew brings it back upon the plants, moistening 
their surfaces and obstructing their respiratory 
organs. In these conditions the carbonate of am- 
monia can not be absorbed. It is disengaged among 
the first products of the vaporization of the dew 
before the stomatcs are dried. The presence of 
plaster in the soil and on the plants has this effect : 
Ist, of fixing the ammonia in the dew m a state of 
sulphate, and forming, at the same time, carbonate 
of lime ; 2d, under the influence of a continued 
vaporization, when the organs of plants are not 
moistened, the sulphate of ammonia, which is not 
volatile in the presence of carbonate ot lime, causes 
a slow disengagement of carbonate of ammonia to 
the organs of absorption, and the reformation of 
suljjhate of lime. This latter thus acts indefinitely. 
Plaster and the leguminous plants on which it acta 
consequently aid in enriching nitrogenous manures ; 
it is to this enriching that I attribute generally the 
potato disease. The careful study of this matter 
has shown that the disease which destroys the potato 
is due to the absorption of carbonate of ammonia 
by the roots of the plants. There is an elaboration 
of the nitrogen in fermentation in ihf superior 
organs, an accumulation of this matter iu the tuber, 
whence all the symptoms and m.-Uii!estations of the 
disease. I have proved the correctness of this con- 
clusion by causing the absorption of carbonate of 
ammonia by some ror?ts, which became thus inocu- 
lated, if I may use the teem, witii the malady in 
diffijrent deirroes. — Co?fipton Rcndas. 



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J. R. STAFFORD'S OLIVi^J TAJl 

Is inhaled and applied (not taken) to cure disease. 
Infection cannot exist, where the odor of Olive Tar 
is perceptible to the senses. 

Rheumatic, neuralgic, and all other pains cease or 
are greatly relieved upon applying Olive Tar. 

The great desideratum of medical science is to 
obtain a fluid that will retain Electro Magnetism, 
and which without injury to man, can be used to 
restore the vitality, which age, accident, or his dis- 
regard of natural laws has aflfected. 

Such a fluid is J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar, its odor 
or aroma possesses the invaluable property of elec- 
trifying the oxygen of the atmosphere {creating ozone) 
and it is by breathing or inhaling this electrifled 
atmosphere, that the vitality of the system is in- 
creased, and paiu and disease are banished, 

"When Olive Tar is applied to the surface of the 
body, it is at once absorbed by the ppres, and 
brought into contact with the nerves, which termi- 
nate at the surface ; they by their superior affinity, 
extract from the Olive Tar its electro magnetism, 
dispelling at once all pain, and removing the dis- 
ease which caused it. 

If the inhalation and application of Olive Tar 
will banish pain, will cure diseases of dissimilar 
character, and will so vitalize the system that it 
will not be effected by the atmospheric miasmas, or 
poisons, is not Olive Tar the great desideratum of 
medical science ? 

THE CHEMISTRY OP LIFE AND DEATH. 
"If I only bend my arm," says Professor Playfair, 
" or move my finger, there is a certain portion of 
the tissues destroyed, which must be supplied by my 
food ; the more work a man performs, the more of 
those nitrogenous substances he requires. The 
other class of food serves a very important, but 
quite different purpose — supplying animal heat. 
The temperature of our bodies, is, in temperate 
climates, at least, higher than the surrounding air ; 
and in order to keep up this temperature, a combus- 
tion goes on, similar to tliat of an ordinary Cre. 
The same pioducts — oaihotiic acid, water and 
^ammonia — are evolved from the mouth of the fur- 
nace of the body and the mouth of a common chim- 
■ney. In cold weatlier a ct^rtain portion of heat is 
gradually abstracted from our bodies, which must be 
supplied by the combustion of our food, or of the 
matter of our bodies ; the colder the climate, there- 
fore, the more heat giving must be the food.'' 



iTHE 'Nl'jr 



KATHiXG PUR 



In about 2 1-2 micult^ all t!ie i;>Iood contained in 
the human system— amounting in the adalt to near- 
ly thiec go//oH.s---tra verses the respiratory suriace. 
Every one. then, who breathes an impure atmosphere 
2 ]-2 minutes, has every particle of his blood acted 
on by the vitiating air. Every particle has become 
less vital, less capable of repairing structures, or of 
carrying on functions ; and the longer such air is 
respired, the more impure it becomes, and the more 
corrupted gro?\'s the blood. After breathing for 
2 1-2 minutes, an atmosphere incapable of properly 
oxygenating the fluids which are traversing the 
lungs, every drop of b?ood in the human being is 
more or \^?, poisoned; and in 2 1-2 minutes more 
even the minutest part of all man's fine wrought 
organs has been visited, and acted upon by this 
poisoned fluid— the tender, delicate eye, the wakeful 
ear, the sensitive nerves, the heart, the brain, togeth- 
er with the skin, the muscles, the bones, throughout 
their structure— in short, the entire being. Thero 
is not a point in the human frame but lias been 
traversed by vitiated blood— not a point but must 
have suffered injury. 

ELECTRICITY IS UNIVERSAL. 
It was the theory of the celebrated Dupa} , that 
throughout all space their exists a universal medium 
called the electric fluid, of which the immediate pro- 
perties are not known, but which is composed of 
two species or varieties of electricity, the vitreous 
and resinous, called also the positive and negative ; 
that as respects itself, each of these electricities is 
repulsive, but attractive of the other kind, and that 
when they co-exist in equal quantities in a body, it is 
in a neutral condition or state of equilibrium ; but 
if the positive or negative electricities are in excess, 
it is accordingly positively or negatively electrified. 

ELECTRIC BATHS. 
A discovery has been made in Paris, by which 
any metalic poison, such as lead, mercury, or arsenic, 
may be extracted from the system by the agency of 
electricity. A metalic bath is insulated on glass 
legs, and partly filled with acidulated water, to 
convey more readily the electric currents. The 
patient lies upon a seat in the tub, insulated entire- 
ly from the bath. When gold, silver, or mercury is 
iu the system, nitre of hydrocholeric acids are em- 
ployed ; when lead is suspected, tlie acid used \a 
sulphuric. This done, the negative pole of the bat^ 
tery is put in connection with the batb, while the 



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positive pole ia in the haads of the patient. The 
eJectricity now precipitates itself, hunts, digs, 
searches, and discovers every particle of metalic 
substance concealed in the most profound tissues, 
bones, nerves, and joints of the patient, resolves 
them into their primitive forms, and extracting them 
from the human organism, deposits them on the side 
of the bath, where they can be seen with the naked 
eye. 

THE OSSEOUS MUSCULAR AND OTHER 
FORMATIONS OP THE BODY. 

There are two hundred and eight bones in the 
human body, exclusive of the teeth. These bones 
are composed cf animal and earthly materials, the 
former predominating in youth, and the latter in old 
age, rendering the bones brittle. The most impor- 
tant of the bones is the spine, which is composed 
of twenty four small bones called the vertebra;, one 
on top of the other, curiously hooked together, and 
faste)ied by elastic ligaments -forming' a pillar, so to 
Sjjeak, by wh'.ch the human frame is supported. The 
bones arc moved by the muscles, of which there are 
mure than five hundred. The red meat of beef, the 
fat being excluded, is the muscular fabric of the ox. 
There are two sets of muscles, one to draw the bone 
one way, and another to draw it back again. We 
cannot better describe the muscles than by compar- 
ing them to fine elastic threads, bound up in their 
cases of skin. Many muscles terminate in tendons, 
which are stout cords, such as may be seen travers- 
ing the back of the hand, just witiiin the skin ; and 
which can be observed to move when the hand is 
opened or shut. Every motion you make, even the 
involuntary one of breathing, is performed through 
the agency of the muscles. In adults there are 
aboui fifteen quarts of blood, each quart weighing 
aboct two pounds. This blood is of two kinds, the 
arterial, and veinous. This first, is the pure blood 
as it leaves theheort to nourish the frame, and is of 
a bright Vermillion color. The last is the blood, as 
it returns to the heart, loaded M'ith the impurities of 
the body, to be there refined, and is of a purple hue. 
Every pulsation of the heart Fends out about two 
ounces of arterial blood, aud, as there are from sev- 
enty to eighty beats in the minute, a hogshead of 
blood passes through the heart every hour. In fevers 
the pulsations are accelerated ; the waste of the 
body goes on faster than it can be recuperated ; and 
consequently death ensues if the fever ia not checked. 
The stomach is the \)oi!er, if v/e may use such a 
(v^nre, which diivcs liii.; lujman engine. Two sets of 
muscles, cioesiug each other, transversely, turn the 



food over and over, churning it up in the gastric 
juice, till it has been reduced to the consistency of 
thin paste. This process requires from two to 
four hours. Emerging from the stomach, the food 
enters the small intestines, where it is mixed with 
bile and pancreatic juice, and converted into chyle. 
Thesasmall intestines are twenty four feet long, 
closely packed of course, and surrounded ttrough 
their whole length with small tubes, which act like 
suckers, and drawing off the chyle, empty it into a 
larger tube, named the thoracic duct, which runs up 
the back, and discharges its contents into the jug- 
ular vein, whence it passes into the heart, to assist 
in forming arterial blood. 

Ei,ECTRO Magnetism is ELECTfiiciTY trans jutted 

THROUGH THE INTERVENTION OF A MaGNET. 

If a piece of Iron is wound with an insulated (co- 
vered) wire, if a current of Electricity is transmit- 
ted through the wire, the Iron becomes magnetic 
and has the power of attracting other Iron to 
it. When however the Electric current is broken 
the encircled Iron ceases to be a magnet, and at 
once loses its attractive force. Now suppose the en- 
circled piece of Iron to be formed in shape like the 
letter U, and suppose that across the top of U there 
was laid a straight piece of Iron which we will call 
B ; suppose we attach a spring to B bo as to raise 
it 1-8 of an inch from U. Now if we connect the 
battery a current of electricity will pass through 
the wires, U will become a magnet and B will be 
forcibly drawn to U. As soon as the current is 
broken, B will be relieved, and the action of the 
spring will bring B back to its place. Now if a 
lever, having one end slightly turned and pointed, 
is made fast to B, and the pointed 
end brought in contact with paper placed upon a 
wheel, it is easy to conceive that the motion of B 
would cause the pointed end of the lever to make an 
impression on the paper. If novir the wheel is set in 
motion by clock-work or otherwise, and the point- 
ed lever being in contact, a mark would be made on 
the paper. If the current of Electricity was con- 
nected and broken suddenly a dot would be made on 
the paper, and the length of the marks on the paper, 
the wheel being in motion, would be in proportion 
to the time that the current was suspended. In this 
simple mechanical arrangement we have the whole 
of Professor Morse's truly great invention of the 
Magnetic Telegraph, and this great invention re- 
sulted from the discovery of Professor Orsted in 1819, 
that when iron was encircled with a current of 
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the current ceased, the iron ceased to be a magnet. '■ 
Electricity or Magnetism is only produced by d 
change of matter. If we rapidly decompose metals 
with acids, a sensible quantity of Electro Magnet- 
ism is generated. If we strike a stone or iron, or 
two hard stones together, a change of matter takes 
place, and the electric spark is evolved. In the de- 
composition of all matter it is generated, or more 
properly speaking it passes from old matter to give 
life to new. We know that the Human System like 
all things in nature is constantly undergoing change, 
that the system must waste to have new matter 
produced, that the elements contained in the blood 
must be deposited in the system, and consequently 
waste must ensue to make place for it. The Electro 
Magnetism produced by this change is transmitted 
from tha wasted parts through the agency of one 
set of nerves to the Brain, which is the Eesevoir, 
there the Electro Magnetism becomes Polarized into 
positive and negative ; from the brain the Electro 
Magnetic current is transmitted through another 
set of nerves to all portions of the body, to keep in 
motion all the involuntary, as well as the voluntary 
action of the muscles ; now let us see how that is 
possible. All the red coloring matter of the blood 
and of the muscles, is Sulphuretted Iron. The 
muscles may be compared to a bundle of fine threads 
twisted over and through one another having the space 
between each thread filled with the blood globules, 
each separate muscle is entwined with numberless 
nerves in the same manner as the U shaped piece of 
iron, heretofore described, is surrounded by the 
insulated wire, and these muscles are entirely 
destitute of any power until a current of either 
positive or negative Electro Magnetism expands, or 
contracts them by ite action on the sulphuretted 
iron contained in the globules of the blood, for when 
a current of positive Electr* Magnetism is convey- 
ed to the muscles, the globules of blood are attract- 
ed towards each other, and whenever a negative cur- 
rent is conveyed, the globules repel each other 

If there is not a sufiSciency of waste of the system 
there will be a lack of magnetic force, to perform 
with sufficient vigor the involuntary and voluntary 
action of the muscles, and hence the necessity there 
exists for exercise to waste the system. 

If from any cause the Digestion becomes impair. 
ed, the food is converted into impure blood which 
cannot replace the waste of the body. 

From the cause of this disarrangement, the 
waste rapidly increases, and would speedily lead to 
death, were it not for the increased waste pro- 



ducing an increased Magnetic force which acts upon 
the digestive organs to restore their tone. We now un- 
derstand that it is the increase of waste which gives 
an increase of Electro Magnetism, but to this prin- 
ciple there is a limit, as the nerves that convey the 
magnetic force to the brain are themselves included 
in the waste of the body, and if this waste is carried 
too far, they become weaker and wasted, and cannot 
convey the load to the brain ; now when this condi- 
tion is local in any part of the body, it produces 
Chronic Diseases ; when it becomes general. Death 
ensues. When the disease is chronic, if we can stim- 
ulate the nerves of the diseased portion to a vigorous 
action, if for only a short period of time, and can, at 
the same time, introduce Electro Magnetism into the 
system, the blood becomes purified, and healthy ac- 
tion is at once restored. Provided the waste of the 
system has not been such as to materially reduce 
the necessary proportions of Sulphuretted Iron. If 
it has, the artificial Electro Magnetic current must 
be maintained by the continuous use of Olive Tar 
until the great want of the system {Sulphuretted Iron) 
is produced by the chemical process of digestion, or 
by some other yet unknown means by which nature 
transfers these minerals to the blood. 

To aid the operations of nature is the only aim of 
medical science, we now know that Disease is a want 
of vitality, that is, a want of Electro Magnetism, 
and we have shown how that want can be supplied. 
We have also shown that until nature reproduces 
when defective, an adequate supply of Sulphuretted 
Iron (the agent which renders the Electro Magnet- 
ism of the system efficiently active ) the antagon- 
istic elements of waste and reproduction, cannot be 
evenly balanced. If however Sulphuretted Iron con- 
taining the same proportions as is found in the blood 
of a healthy and vigorous adult, can be introduced 
into the system, it would immediately effect the cure, 
which without its use would take the time required 
by natural laws to reproduce these minerals. Mr. 
Stafford's BLOOD PURIFYING POWDERS mil 
supply Sulphuretted Iron to the System, and shoxdd be 
used in all long standing or obstinate Cases. Read 
Mr. Stafford's advertisement on the M page of cover 
of this book. 



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NERVOUS DERANGEMENTS. 

THE CAUSE AND THE CUBE. 

The nerves are the telegraphic wires of the body, 
their purpose is to communicate intelligence to the 
brain of every passing event, and to carry Electro 
Magnetism from the brain to the muscles, that they 
may act in accordance with the will. We cannot 
deflne what will or mind is, but we do know that 
the brain is a reservoir of Electro Magnetism, 
which, by the action of the will or mind is sent to 
any part of the system, the nerves being the medi- 
nma through which the Electro Magnetism is trans- 
mitted. 

When the bo3y is in fall health, the nerves are 
capable of conducting a large amount of Electro 
Magnetism, or nervous fluid, as it is sometimes called, 
and the blood in the muscles having a full supply of 
Sulphur and Iron, the action of the Electro Mag- 
netism on the pure blood, contracts and expands 
the muscles with great energy. 

The eSect of disease is to increase the waste of 
the system, and increased waste increases the quan- 
tity of Electro Magnetism. It is by this means 
that nature restores health to the body. When the 
nerves are included in the waste, their capacity to 
conduct a sufficiency of Electro Magnetism to or 
from the brain is lessened, and the equilibrium be- 
tween waste and reproduction not being sustained, 
iDeath must result. 

The condition of the overtaxed nerve can be 
favorably compared with the interposing fine plati- 
na wire used for communicating combustion to the 
powder of submerged blasts. That our comparison 
may be fully understood, we will explain the man- 
ner by which fire is communicated to submarine 
blasts. 

Two insulated wires (wires covered with gutta 
percha) are used. One wire being connected with 
the positive pole of a Galvanic battery, and the 
■other wire to the negative pole ; the other ends of 
these wires are brought within one inch of each other, 
and at this distance are connected by a platina wire 
which is of much less diameter. 

The ends of the wires so connected, are placed 
into the cylinder or canister containing the powder. 
When the battery is connected, the Electro Magnet- 
ism passes through the positive wire to the platina 
wire, but here the load or quantity of Electro Mag 
netism cannot pass the small wire without causing 
it to become so highly heated as to explode the pow- 
der. This illustration shows that the Electro Mag- 
netic current requires materiai. to transmit it, and 



that when the material ia lessened beyond the re- 
quired capacity, that heat is geneeated. 

Now, here we have a perfect solution of the 

CAUSE OP ALL NERVOUS IRRITABILITY, THE NERVES, 
NOT HAVING A SUFFICIENCY OF MATERIAL TO TRANS- 
MIT THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OP ElECTRO MaGNETIEM, 
BECOME INFLAMED. 

Having, as we think, fully demonstrated the 
cause and effect of wasting the substance of the 
nerves, it will at once suggest itself to the mind of 
every one, that to cure nervous diseases we must 
restore the nerves to their full capacity— which can 
only be done by the deposit of new matter, from 
pure blood, and the blood cannot be pure, nor act 
with energy, if it ia destitute of its due proportion 
of SULPHUR AND IRON. Therefore, it is this want of 
the system which should be at once supplied. Mh. 
Stafford's Blood Purifying Powders will at 

ONCE ADD these MATERIALS TO THE BLOOD, AND 
WILL speedily . EFFECT A CURE OF ALL NERVOUS 

DISEASES. See Mr. Stafford's advertisement 

ON 3d PAGE OP COVER. 

HOW DISEASES AEE COMMUNICATED. 
There is, we believe, but little that is definitely 
known as to the mode in which diseases are commu- 
nicated. Therefore, all unnecessary contact or con- 
tiguity had better bo avoided, especially by unpro- 
fessional persons. It may be by inhalation of efflu- 
vium or infected air, the morbid particles being 
thus brought in contact with the blood in the pul- 
monary circulation, which would in effect be a kind 
of innoculation. The non-recurrence, generally 
speaking, of the more virulent diseases in the same 
subject is assuredly a merciful dispensation, and is 
very likely connected with the security afforded by 
cow-pock virus against what is called small-pox in 
the human subject. The way in which Dr. Jenner 
discovered the effect of vaccination, and literally 
changed "the face" of society— for it is now a rai'ity 
to see a face marred Avith the small-pox — is general- 
ly known ; but as an example of the value of facts 
to found a theory upon, we will here mention it. 
He observed, when his neighborhood was visited by 
small-pox, the persons occupied in milking, and who 
were known thus to contract a cutaneous disease 
from the animal, were very generally passed over by 
the dreadful scourge, which gave him the idea of 
the prophylactic power of the disease against small 
pox. He had the good sense to act upon it, and 
met with a success which has abounded in the thanks- 
givings of millions to Divine Providence, as the 
author, and himself as the instrument, of one of th< 
greatest blessings of modern times. 



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TIte Sisters of Cfuirity, in New Orleans and 
tiew Yorlc, use J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar to prevent, 
and to cure Diseases, 



CHEMISTRY OF ELECTRICITY. 

There exists between the living plant and the 
soil supporting it, an electric current, which always 
moves in the same direction — that is, the soil is con- 
stantly positive, the plant continually negative. This 
fact was first observed by Eecqueral, Sen., and for 
several years it had been pointed out by him as one 
of the causes of atmospheric electricity. On repeat- 
ing his experiments lately, he was struck by certain 
anomalies, in operating on the banks of a stream, 
and at certain distances from plants. He discov- 
ered that electrical currents change their direction 
and intensity with the chemical composition of the 
water in the soil ; alkaline waters being negative, 
and acid waters positive. 

IMPORTANCE OF FRESH AIR. 

With respect to the vital importance of fresh air 
for the maintenance of life, it would really seem as 
if the world were not to be conviaeed on this head ; 
you may remind them of the black-hole of Calcutta, 
of the canary bird that dies in a night if hung 
up under your bed-curtains ; or of the 250 Coolies 
who, in a few hours, were killed, a year or so ago, in 
an American vessel, by having them forced under 
hatches. It is all of no use ; the facts ore assented 
to ; the necessity of plenty of air is admitted ; and 
then, on the very first occasion, the assenters pro- 
ceed to act as if they had never heard of such a 
necessity, or did not believe it if they had. We 
have long fought for fresh air — fresh air every- 
where. 

THE MICROSCOPE AND TELESCOPE. 

The late Dr. Chalmers, Professor of Theology in 
the University of Edinburgh, thus contrasts the re- 
lative powers of these two instruments : "The one 
reveals to me a system in every star ; the other, a 
world in every atom. By the one I ara led to be- 
lieve that this great globe itself, with all the mighty 
burden of its oceans and continents, is but as a sin- 
gle grain of sand on the high fields of immensity ; 
the other teaches me that every grain of sand may 
harbor the tribes and families of a busy population. 
The one tells me of the insignificance of the v.'orld 
I tread upon, the other redeems it from all insignifi- 
cance, for it tells me that on the leaves of every 
forest, in the flowers of every garden, and in the wa- 
ters of every rivulet there are worlds teeming with 



life, and numberless as are the glories of the firma- 
ment. The one suggests that far and beyond ail 
that the telescope has yet revealed, there may be 
fields of creation which sweep immeasurably along, 
and carry the impress of the Almighty's hand to the 
remotest shores of the universe. The other intimates 
that within and beneath all that minuteness disclos- 
ed by the microscope, there may be a regiou of in- 
visibles, that could we draw aside the mysterious 
curtain that shrouds it from our senses, we should 
see there a theatre of as many wondeis as astrono- 
my has unfolded ; a universe within the compass of 
a point, where the wonder working God could raise 
another mechanism of worlds, and fill and animate 
them all with the evidences of his giory." 

ANALYSIS OF FOOD. 
The two following tables prepared by Orange 
Judd, the industrious editor of the Amzncan Agri- 
culturist, are highly useful and instructive in their 
practical bearing on the economy of food : 

Table Ko. 1- 
Muscle- Fat- Jlelatii^ Hmkyor 

lOOlba. forming forming jyroporUon viMiiiy 



■ 


elements. 


elements. 


of each. 


fibre.. 


Barley .... 


. 1-t lb3. 


64 lb3. 


1 to 4}i 


16 Iba. 


Beans. .... 


. 23 " 


42 " 


1 tolJi 


10 " 


Beets 




13" 


1 to 6 


(?) 


Buckwlieat. . . 


S " 


54 " 


1 to6X 


•It, " 


Cirrota 


. 1^" 


10 " 


1 to 6?i5' 


S " 


Corn 


.13 " 


77 " 


ito6>^ 


6 ■- 


Oats 


.17 " 


M " 


1 to 4 


20 •■ 


Peas 


. 2i " 


62 « 


lto2)i( 


8 '■ 


Potatoes. . . . 


. 2 « 


19 " 


ItoOj^ 


4 " 


Turnips (field). . 


1^" 


9 •' 


110 6 


2 " 


Do. (Swediali. 


• 2X" 


12 " 


1 to 5>^ 


2 " 


Wheat flour. . . 


.11 " 


79 " 


Ito 7 




Wheat bran. . . 


.18 " 


6 " 


Ito }i 


55 " 


Cheese (whole milk 


)23 " 


27 " 


Itol 




Da. (skim milk.) 


.45 '^ 


6 " 


lto>S 





Table No. II. 

Coit of 
Muzcle- muBcle-pro 
Cost prodiuiing duving de- 
elements, merits. 

Barley 81 20 per bua 8.41bs. 18o. per llv 

Bean^ 2 50 " 16 6 " 15 " 

Ct.ru 1 10 " 6.7 " lQ3i " 

Oala 68 " 6 2" 13 " 

Peas 2 00 « 14 3 " 14 " 

I'otatoBS. ...... 1 60 " 1.6 « 94 

Tui-nips 50 " 1.2 " 41 " 

Flour (fine) 12 00 per bbl. 22 0" 54 <' 

lio. (unbolted). . .1100 " 24.9" 44 

THAT IS SO. 

Pliny is reported to have said that, "No man 
possesses a genius so commanding that he can attain 
eminence, unless a subject suited to his talents 
should present itself, and an opportunity occur for 
their development:" Hence, how absurd it is to set 
one with- a poetic temperament to practising phy- 
sic ; a vulgar mind to the pursuit of polite literature 
a philosophical mind to teaching popular theology ; 
or a blockhead to editing a paper. A cube is not 
capacitated for rolling, nor a globe for lying still on 
an inclined plane. 



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CHINESE POTATO. 
Imperial Rice-white vaeiety. 

The Botanical name of which is dioscokea ba- 
tatas. 

This new esculent has beeu introduced into this 
'country by W, Prince, Esq., the celebrated nursery 
man of Plashing, Long Island, who has now sev- 
eral acres devoted to their growth. The specula- \ 
HON (?)haviDg been assailed by several papers and pe- 
riodicals, has brought a rejoinder from Mr. Prince, 
who says 

" Having moat fully investigated the merits of the 
esculent, I have a few positions to state in regard to 
it, which, being somewhat bold in their character, 1 

WISH MY COUNTRYMEN TO RECORD FOR FUTURE VERI- 
FICATION. 1st. I assi^rt that the dioscokea batatas 
of Decaisne is perfectly hardy during our severest 
winters. 2d. That it is more nutritious than any 
other esculents tve cultivate. 3d. That its culture 
is so easy and simple, and its product so great, that 
it can be afforded incomparably cheaper than any 
other nutritious vegetable, it having produced in 
France at the rate of above 800 bushels per acre. 
4th. That the combination of every useful property 
renders it the greatest vegetable boon ever granted 
by God to man, and that its introducticn to our 
country is even more important than that of Cotton, 
and that in twenty years our National statistics 
will report the value of the annual crop as greater 

THAN the cotton CROP." 

We have seen and tasted the Chinese Potato, 
raised by Mr. Prince, and are perfectly satisfied 
that it has great merit, and that its cultivation and 
nse will in a few years become general. 

THE SHIFTING HUES OF LIFE. 
Life has, for an observer, such a quick succession 
of interests and amusing adventure, that it is almost 
inconceivable he should ever feel dull or weary of it. 
No one day resembles another. Every hour, every 
minute, opens new stores to our experience, and new 
excitements to our curiosity. We are always on 
the eve and on the morrow of some surprising event. 
Like the moth, we are forever flying towards the 
star, but with this difference, that we attain it; and 
if sometimes we find the halo we fancy a glory is 
but some deceiving mist, at least we have learned 
a lesson. If we look upon life merely as humble 
students, we shall not feel any great bitterness at 
such disappointments. It is only when we hug our 
ignorance to our hearts, that we are, and deserve to 
be, miserable— when we embrace the cloud, that we 
loose the goddess. But if we open tlie eyes of the 



rtiinf], and determine to be neither wantonly stupid 
nor inattentive, an enchanted woi;ld begins to rise 
from chace. The aspect even of the room in which 
we sit grows lively with a thousand unsuspected cu- 
riosities. We discern that the most ordinary 
person is invested with the most noticeable 
characteristics. If we design to look but for five 
pleasant minutes at any common place thing, we be- 
come aware of its peculiar beauty ; and there is not 
a bird that wings through the air, not a flower that 
blossoms in the garden, nor an insect that crawls 
in the depth of the earth, nor a fish that swims in, 
the water, but has its own singular and delightful 
story. 

POPULAR BEVERAGES— A WORD TO 
THE WISE. 

The Medifeal Journal tells us that soda water, the 
most common of all the warm weather drinks, is 
very grateful to the palate, and taken moderately, 
it is not injurious in any great degree, provided 
the tank from whence it is drawn has no copper 
surface exposed to the action of the fluid it contains. 
But the guzzling of soda water from morning to 
night, is a pernicious habit, destructive to the di- 
gestive machinery. Unwilling as most persons are 
to fall back on good, wholesome water, which God 
in his providence has fitted precisely to meet 
the demands of animal life ; if they would avoid 
all factitious drinks, they would rarely require 
medical assistance to the end of the longest life. 
And in reference to beer-drinking, the Journal 
adds: — 

Perhaps it may be looked upon as out of place in 
these intellectual times, to warn people against the 
growing vice of beer-drinking. With an increase of 
customers, and no corresponding growth of hops, 
there must be strange drugs introduced into ale and 
beer. The fuddling properties of Coculus Indicus, 
and aloes, are represented to enter largely into the 
composition of some of these beverages. The effect 
is to stupify the individual, destroy his appetite, and 
in some instances, when the habit of beer-drinking 
is confirmed, to produce a kind of chronic looseness 
of the bowels which is charged to all causes but 
the right one. Let the beer alone, 

A CUBE FOR HYDROPHOBIA. 

The following letter, which professes to give an 
infallible remedy for hydrophobia, we find in one of 
our exchanges addressed to the Editor of the "Penn- 
sylvaniao :" — 



J, R. Stafford's family receipt book. 



21 



Dear Sir — The effects resulting from the bite cf 
a rabid animal ai-e so inconceivably heart-rending, 
that the writer deems it but an act of justice to 
make the subjoined remedy public, for the benefit 
of the unfortunate, hereafter. "Within the past two 
•weeks there have been two cases of hydrophobia of 
the most distressing character — one in this city and 
one in New Jersey — and daily reports are made 
in the newspapers of mad dogs being seen in and 
about the city. Every individual in the communi- 
ty, therefore, should procure and preserve a copy of 
the following cure, so that in case of an emergency, 
he might avail himself of its beneficial tendency. 
Wm. Hoffner, Esq., of Passyunk, the gentleman 
from whom the writer obtained this invaluable re- 
ceipt, states that he has known several instances of 
men and animals who have been bitten in the sever- 
est manner by mad dogs, but who, having taken this 
remedy, never experienced any symptoms whatever 
of the disease : 

"Take of the root of Elecampane, one ounce and 
a half, cut it fine, then boil it in one pint of new milk 
down to half: take this three mornings, fasting, 
and eat no food till 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It 
should be taken every other mornitig ; the two last 
doses must weigh two ounces each. This remedy 
will have the desired effect, if taken at any time 
within twenty-four hours after the accident." 

CURE FOR OANCEE. 

M. Landolfi, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Neapoli- 
tan army, is asserted to have seemingly cured can- 
cer, by the topical application of the chloride of 
bromine, in combination with several other chlo- 
rides, according to the following formula : Chlo- 
ride of bromine, three parts ; chloride zinc, two 
parts ; chloride antimony, one part ; chloride gold, 
one part ; powdered liquorice, sufficient to make a 
paste. The surrounding parts are protected by an 
ointment of one drachm of chloroform to an ounce 
of lard. M. Landolfi has been allowed six beds at 
La Saltpetriere, Paris, to test the efficacy of his 
remedy. 

Suppose before trying the above, those having 
cancers, should try a few of Stafford's Blood Puri- 
fying Powders, and a bottle of J. R. Stafford's 
Olive Tar. 



JS@°" Olive Tar is usually applied where the 
SKIN IS Not Broken. 
4@^ Olive Tar Ointment is usually applied 

WHKRE THE SKKT IS BrOKKN. 



NEVER. 

Never tip your beaver to a fine lady, and pass a 
poor widow without seeming to see her. 

Never pass an aged man or woman, without mak- 
ing a reverential obeisance, unless your house is on 
fire. 

Never keep a boy to black your boots and attend 
to the stables, while you frighten your wife out of 
the idea of keeping a nurse for the twins, by con- 
stantly talking of '■ hard time." 

Never remind people of personal deformity, or of 
the relatives who have disgraced them. 

Never leave a letter unanswered, and use the 
stamp which was enclosed to you to "reply with," on a 
letter to your own sweetheart. 

Never ride in a fine carriage and keep a score of 
servants, while your widowed sist^er trudges along 
on foot, and toils for her daily bread. 

Never wear a finer coat than the merchant -you 
owe for it, or the tailor whom you have not paid 
for the making. 

Never turn a deaf ear to a woman in distress, be- 
cause you cannot see how you would be the gainer 
by her better condition. 

Never jest with a single woman about the anx- 
iety of all women to be married ; nor tell your wife 
you married her because you pitied her lonely con- 
dition. 

Never go to bed at ten, leaving your wife up till 
two, with a sick baby ; and look pitch-forks at her 
at the breakfast-table, because that meal is half an 
hour too late. 

Never hear ungfenerous strictures upon the conduct 
of a woman with a quiet smile, instead of saying in 
thunder tones, "It is false, sir." 

Never fall back from a bargain, after the articles 
of agreement are drawn np, and only need your sig- 
nature to make them perfect. 

Never insult the modest by ribaldry, the grave 
by levity, nor the pious by contempt of sacred 
things. 

Never be guilty of any of these offences against 
decency and propriety ; if you are, you are not a 
gentleman. 



J. R. STAFFORD'S OLIVE TAR 
Is the Only Remedy which combines within 

itself. 
Inhalation of its Odor, with the Applicatiok 

OF ITS Fluid. 
The two Great Requsites for caring all Diseafles 
of the 
THROAT AND LUNGS. 



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J. K. STAFFORD'S FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK 



ASTHMA. 

This distressing complaint is immediately relieved 
by breathing an atmosphere, even slightly charged 
with the odor of Olive Tar. See testimonial of Col. 
B. A. Blanch. 

BRONCHITIS. 

If Olive Tar is applied to the throat, the odor 
which arises, -will, of coarse, be inhaled, and relief 
will be immediate. Thurlow Weed, Esq., says (see 
his testimonial) "That the odor of Olive Tar vyill 
heal Bronchial Irritations, we have the evidences 
of personal observation for affirming." 

The Hon. Eli Cook, late Mayor of Bufialo, feared 
the loss of his voice from Chronic Bronchitis. His 
physician thought his case past cure. In less than 
one week's time he was entirely cured. He used 
less than 2 bottles of Olive Tar. 



B@=, The Oiled Silk Throat Plaster, medicated 
with Olive Tar, Blioiild always be used for any throat 

disease. 

BUENS AND SCALDS. 
In no case i;; the presence of Eiectro Magnetism 
more apparent, than in the immediate relief it af- 
fords. Read the testimonials of M. 0. Story, Esq., 
Geo, H. Barrett, Esq., and Mr. & Mrs. Torrey. 

THE FOLLOWING ADYICE OP DR. HALL 
TO CONSUMPTIVES, 
We give, as the best we have ever met with, and 
if followed, consumptives will not even need the odor 
or application of Olive Tar to cure them ; but as 
some will not expose themselves to inclemency of 
weather, but will reniaia encased, brsathirtg over and 
over ills impure exhalations of their own bodies ; We 
say to tbeni Electrify the air of your room or house 
with the Aroma of Olive Tar, and while your Vi- 
tality will be increased, relieving you of pain and op- 
pression, the other members of your household will 
not be in danger of contracting your disease. 

DR. HALL'S ADVICE TO CONSUMPTIVES. 
Eat all you can digest, and exercise a great deal 
in the open air, to convert what you eat into pure 
healthful blood. Do not be afraid of out-door air 
day or night. Do not be afraid of sadden changes 
of weather ; let no change hot or cold, keep you 
in-doors. If it is rainy weather the more need for 
your going out, because you eat as much on a rainy 
day as yoa do on a clear day, and if you exercise 
less, that much more remains in the system of wha< 
ought to be thrown off by exercise, and some ill re 



Bult, some consequent symptom or ill feeling, is the 
certain issue. If it is cold out of doors, do not muf- 
fle your eye.g, mouth, or nose, in furs, veils, woollen 
comforters, and the like ; nature has supplied you 
with the best muffle, with the best inhaling regula- 
tor, that is, two lips ; shut them before you step out 
of a warm room into the cold air, and keep them 
shut until you have walked briskly a few rods and 
qaickened the circulation a little ; walk fast enough 
to keep off a feeling of chilliness, and taking cold 
will be impossible. What are the facts of the case ? 
Look at the railroad conductors, going out of a hot 
air into the piercing cold of Winter and in again 
every five or ten minutes, and yet they do not take 
cold oftener than others ; you will scarcely find a 
consumptive man in a thousand of them. It is a 
wonder how afraid consumptive people are of fi'esh 
air, the very thing that would cure them, the only 
obstacle to a cure being that they do not get enough 
of it ; and yet what infiiaite pains they take to avoid 
breathing it, especially if it is cold ; when it is known 
that the colder the air is, the purer it must be, yet 
if people cannot get to a hot climate, they will make 
an artificial one, and imprison themselves for a 
whole Winter in a warm room, with a temperature 
not varying ten degrees in six months ; all such peo- 
pie die, arid yet we follow in their footsteps. If I 
were seriously threatened with the consumption, I 
would live out of doors day and night, except it was 
raining or mid-Winter, then I would sleep in an un- 
plastered log-house. My consumptive friend, you 
want air, not physic ; you want pure air, not medi- 
cated air ; you want nutrition, such as plenty of meat 
and bread will give, and they alone ; physic has no 
nutriment, gasping for air cannot cure you ; mon- 
key capers in a gymnasium cannot csre you, and 
stimulants cannot cure you. If you want to get 
well, go in for beef and out-door air, and do not be 
deluded into the grave by newspaper advertisements 
and unfindable certifiers. 

CROUP 
Is a thickening of that part of the mucous mem- 
brane which lines the throat. As soon as hoarsness 
commences, rub the throat and chest with Olive 
Tar — moisten a piece of flannel M'ith it, and put it on 
the neck. In desperate cases, the upper part of the 
body of the patient should be washed with soap and 
warm water to open the pores, then rubbed dry 
with a coarse towel, then apply Olive Tar freely,, 
rubbing well in, especially on the chest and spine 
Read the testimony of M. C. Story, Esq. 

>9@*Remember never to give up a case of Croup 
if Olive Ti',.r can be procured ! 



3. P.. Stafford's family RECEiFr book. 



2'i 



CATARRH—STOPFAGE OF THE NOS- 
TRILS—COLD IN THE HEAD- 
INFLUENZA. 

All are the results of an inflamed state of that 
portion of the mucous membrane that lines the nos- 
trils, and the interior portion of the head. Apply Olive 
Tar inside and outside of the nostrils. Relief will 
be immediate. If the disease has become chronic, 
the habitual use of Olive Tar for a short period will 
certainly cure it. 

Chafes or Galls. Apply Olive Tar or Olive Tar 
Ointment. 

CHOLERA. 

The poison producing Asiatic Cholera is atmos- 
pheric. It causes the blood to separate, and the 
watery particles to pass off by the passage from the 
bowels, the effluvia which emanates from this sepa- 
rated blood, infects, and adds virulence to the al- 
ready poisoned air. Some disinfectant should be 
at once thrown into the vessel containing it, and 
care should be takea to disinfect the privys, as the 
contents of but one vessel is sufQcient to infect all 
matter in contact. These are the conclusions of a 
Scientific Committee, appointed by the King of 
Bavaria. 

If a small quantity of Olive Tar is placed in a sau- 
cer over heated water, it must disinfect the room of 
any atmospheric poison, and if a small quantity of 
Olive Tar is poured into the vessel, containing the 
separated blood, it willDeodorize, and Disinfect the 
contents. 

CHOLERA INFANTUM 
Must be produced by an atmospheric poison, which 
is stronger than the vitality of the child. If this is 
so, the disease will be prevented by disinfecting the 
air of the room or house with the odor of Olive Tar. 
{if the odor is barely imxeptibh to the senses, it is 
sufficient.) If the child has the disease, and Olive 
Tar is applied, it will give it vitality, which may 
enable it to overcome the disease, at any rate the 
use of Olive Tar, under any condition, cannot do 
any harm. 

TTPHUS AND ALL OTHER SETTLED 
FEVERS. 
Are contagious, depending only on the state of 
the vitality of the persons in contact whether the 
disease will be communicated, the watcher or nurse 
who is not in good health, or who has undergone 
much mental or bodily fatigue, is sure to take the 



disease. By the use of Olive Tar as a Disinfectant, you 
give Vitality to the patient, aid bis recovery, and pro" 
tect Yourself from the effects of the poLsoa exhaled 
from his system. 

FEVER AND AGUE. 

This disease assumes very roany forms, but ail 
arising from the same cause, Malaria, (Atmospheric 
Poison.) Arsenic and Qainine, are the only known 
specifics for the various forms ; they cure by creat- 
ing another disease. There are now several families 
who live in iever and ague districts, who use Olive 
Tar as a disinfectant, who have been exempted from 
their annual visitant. The plan they adopt is to place 
two tablespoonfuls of Olive Tar in a saucer, which 
floats in a pail of hot v/ater, this is placed in the 
lower hall, and the odor of this Olive Tar is diflpused 
through all the rooms of a moderate sized house, this 
is done just before candle-light, before going to bed 
renev,r the hot water, Fresh Olive Tar muet be used 
every evening. 

Whether the odor of Olive Tar destroys the Poi- 
son, or whether by breathing it the system receives 
such an addition to its vitality as to enable it to re- 
sist the action of the Malaria, still remains a question; 
but the fact cannot be disputed that the odor of Olive 
Tar, even if so slight as scarcely to be perceptible to 
the smell, acts as a Perfect Disinfectant and does pre- 
vent the spread of contagious or infectious diseases. 

AGUE IN THE BREAST. 
If Olive Tar will prevent the supperation of 
Quinsy (see testimonial) it must prevent a broken 
breast; rub freely with Oilve Tar, apply flannel, and 
cover with oiled silk. (Oil silk plaster is best.) 

CONTRACTED CORDS, AND STIFFENED 
JOINTS. 
Read the testimonial of George H. Barrett Esq., 
what but Electro Magnetism could effect a cure of this 
nature upon a person past the middle age of life. If 
your joints have not become filled with chalky con- 
cretions, they will become as pliable as when you 
were young, if you faithfully apply Olive Tar for a 
short time, one bottle will in most cases prove suf- 
ficient. 

CRAMPS. 
(See Testimonial of Dr. A. H. Brown) 

CORNS. 
For a long time I refused to publish or to recom- 
mend the use of Olive Tar for corns or warts, or for 
the removal of other unnatural extraneous substan- 
ces ; alter reading the testimonials of Henry G. 



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J. B. STAFFORD'S FABHLY BECEIPT BOOK. 



Wheatoa Esq , the emfnent lawyer, and of Mr. 
York, every one must become satisfied that Olive 
Tar must possess some Vitalizing principle that the 
medical faculty do not yet possess any knowledge of, 
If it is not Electro Magnetism, what is it ? Wear 
loose shoes for a few days, and apply a little cotton 
wet with Olive Tar, which renew every day ; cover 
it with Oil Silk, and your corns will not trouble 
you afterwards. 

CHEONIO DIARRHOEA. 

Chronic Diarrhoea ia produced by want of vita- 
lity of the digestive organs — the application of the 
Oiled Silk plaster, medicated with Oiive Tar, placed 
upon the pit of the stomach has permanently cured 
several cases. 

DTSENTERT. 

This dangerous disease is in some cases highly 
infectious — deodorize the atmosphere with Olive 
Tar as a preventative, and for comfort. 

ENLARGED JOINTS. 

The testimony of Messrs, Griffin & McOune is evi- 
dence that Olive Tar will remove the cause, and ef- 
fect a cure of swelled joints, what power does Olive 
Tar possess if not magnetic ? 

ERYSIPELAS. 

When \h.e vitality of the system becomes reduced 
from any cause, disease at once, in some form, sets in, 
when it assumes an inflammatory form of any kind 
the greater the necessity for immediate action to re- 
store the vital powers. In several well marked and 
dangerous cases of Erysipelas, the use of OliveTar has 
been effective. See testimonial of Mr. D. R. Hutch- 
inson, a gentleman of high respectability now en- 
gaged for the Messrs. Appleton, the prominent Book 
publishers. 

EAR ACHE. 

Moisten a little cotton with Olive Tar, put it in 
the Ear, and relief will be almost immediate. Olive 
Tar will also cure the internal itching of the ear, 
and will relieve buzzing or confused sounds. 

RHEUMATISM. 
In no disease is the want of vitality more appa- 
rent, than in this almost universal accompaniment 
of age, and in no disease is the good effect of Olive 
Tar more quickly felt. Remember that Pain ceases 
when Olive Tar is applied. 

INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM AND 
, GOUT. 

I Olive Tar should be applied freely. Use the oiled 
silk plaster — (see label on bottle) and use some 
blood purifying internal remedy. 



SMALL POX. 

This loathsome disease may be rendered innocuous 
to those in attendance, by the constant use of Olive 
Tar, as a disinfectant. After the irruptive fever 
has subsided, the body should be frequently well 
anointed with Olive Tar. 

It is the opinion of many experienced physicians 
that the time of greatest danger from contagion is, 
when the scales are coming oS. At this stage use 
Olive Tar freely, and frequently, and contagion or 
infection is impossible. 

SCARLET FEVER. 

Two table-spoonsful of Olive Tar, poured into a 
saucer, and the saucer placed over a bowl of heated 
water, will emit an odor which will vitalize the air 
of the room, materially aiding the recovery ot the 
patient, and preventing the spread of the disease. 
The odor of Olive Tar cannot do any harm to 
any patient afflicted with any disease, but on the 
contrary mu|t be of essential service in all diseases. 

The water should be kept hot, (not boilng) and 
the Olive Tar should be renewed at least every six 
hours. 

MEAZLES. 

Do as in Scarlet Fever. 

DISEASES OP IMPURE BLOOD. 

Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Exema, Ulcers, BileS; 
Carbuncles, Scald Head, Syphillis, Cancers, Can* 
cerous and other Sores, Blotches, Pimples, Rough- 
ness of the Skin, Humors, Swellings, Tumors, and 
all other diseases produced by impure blood, yield 
readily to the Vitalizing effects of the inhalation 
and application of Olive Tar. When the cases are 
chronic or virulent in their character, a blood puri- 
fying remedy should be used in connection with 
Olive Tar to hasten a cure. An account of such a 
remedy, Stafford's Blood Purifying Powders, can be 
found on 3d page of cover. 

TOOTH ACHE. 

Apply Olive Tar to the gums. It will stop the 
pain quicker than Creosote, and there is no danger 
from using Olive Tar if a little does go down the 
throat, but there is srreat danger if Creosote is swal- 
lowed. 

Ulcers in the mouth and throat should be fre- 
quently touched with Olive Tar to effect a speedy 
cure. 

VACCINATION. 

Vaccination of impure matter is frequently the 
cause of scrofulous eruptions, and of constitutional 
debility. Physicians should never use imported 



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26 



Vaccine, nor that which is taken from any family 
where diseases of any kind are hereditary. 

Mr, Ames, a hardware merchant of the city of 
New York, has a son, now eleven years old, who a 
few years since lost the use of his legs and arms, 
by being vaccinated with impure matter. For two 
years he'had to be lifted and carried. Within sis 
weeks he has had Olive Tar applied to his body, 
limbs, and especially to his spine. He kas so far 
recovered as to be able to walk with crutches. 

THE CAUSE OF WEAK BACKS. 

The skirts of a lady should be sustained by straps, 
and not by the hips, as the weight causes constant 
tension of the muscles that sustain the womb, and 
bladder. If these are overtased, the interior or- 
gans are displaced for want of support, and then 
come weak backs, depression of the spirits, and 
many other evils. Eead the testimonials of Mr. 
Joy. 

WHOOPING COUGH 
is a nervous disease which can be cured in a week 
by letting the patient wear an Oiled Silk Plaster 
medicated with Olive Tar. Eub the spine, night 
and morning, with Olive Tar. If the Olive Tar is 
used near the commencement of the disease, as 
prescribed, no other member of the family will take 
it. 

LEPEOST. 

A case of real leprosy has been cured by the use 
of Olive Tar, and of Mr. Stafford's Blood Purifying 
Powders. The cure was that of a young lady who 
remained shut up for three years. She is again in 
society, radically cured in six weeks. 

OLD AGE. 

Old age is produced by a gradual loss of vitality. 
The heart beats with less vigor, and, of course, the 
circulation is not carried into the minor vessels, and 
they, in time, fill up with earthy matter. The 
blood also becomes thin from a loss of its Sulphur 
and Iron. One of the sensible effects of these 
causes is, that the hands and feet of aged persons 
usually feel cold to the touch. The number of 
years does not constitute old age. Some are very 
old at fifty, while others are comparatively young 
at eighty. 

If our ancestors and ourselves had followed the 
plain dictates of our reason, in how we should live, 
what we should eat, drink and wear, and how much 
we should exercise, there would be no pain, no dis- 
ease, and no death (except by accident) under the 
age of one hundred years, and then it would ap- 



proach so slowly, that its coming would not be 
heeded. 

The effects of Olive Tar, and an oceasional Blood 
Purifying Powder upon aged persons, is very won- 
derful. The circulation is invigorated, the muscles 
cords, tendons, and joints are relaxed, and render! 
ed pliable, and they become seeming youths in action, 
with entire freedom from pain. 

This seeming miracle is performed by introducing 
into the system^, through the Pores, a fluid (Olive 
Tar,) which contains Electro Magnetism, and by in- 
troducing into the blood substances {Sulphur and 
Iron,) which gives to it an increased power of action. 

WOEMS ALWAYS EXIST IN OHILDEEN. 

They increase in size, and in number, exactly in 
proportion as the tendency of the blood is to become 
impure, the worms feed alone upon these impuritiea, 
and were it not for this wise provision ofnaiure, 
these impurities would be added to the blood, and 
fatal diseases would be the consequence. If the 
food and other conditions of the child are not 
changed, the worms become so numerous, so large and 
so voracious, that they literally choke, or eat up the 
child, these facts are known to all mothers. Many 
of the numberless remedies " that exist to destroy 
worms, kill the children, if they do not, the expul- 
sion of the worms is sure to do so, for the reasons 
above stated. Some provision must be made to re-vit- 
alize the child to prevent the accumulation or deposit 
of impure matter, and this can only be done by adding 
Sulphur and Iron to the system in the proper propor- 
tions. Stafford's Blood Purifying Powders will effect 
all that is desired, if taken in time, and being 
agreeable to the taste, children will readily take 
them. See advertisement on 3d page of cover. 



To KEMOVE Moth Spots, which are frequent on 
the hands and faces of persons of sedentary habits, 
apply Olive Tar. 



FoPw Chilblains, use Olive Tar. 
immediate. 



Eelief will be 



Itching Piles can be quickly and permanently re- 
moved. See Mr. Ensworth's Testimonial. 

INFLAMMATIONS. 

Inflammations of all kinds should be treated ex- 
ternally with Olive Tar, and internally with some 
blood purifying medicine, see page 3d of cover. 



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LIVER G0MPL.1INT AND PAIN IN THE 
SIDE. 

Mr. Kasse'il, former Proprietor of the Pierrepont 
House, Brooklyn, now occupying the premises at 
No. 55 Broadway, New York, has been troubled 
for 3 years with a dull, heavy pain ia his side. All 
internal and external applications had no efiect. 
Upon the urgent solicitation of a friend who had been 
similarly afflicted, Mr. Russell commenced the use 
of Olive Tar, and of the Oiled Silk Plaster, (see la- 
bel on bottle) and before he had used one bottle, he 
had sensible relief. A few more bottles, and the 
cure was effected. See his testimonial. 
MARASMUS. 

Look at the weekly reports of deaths in the large 
cities, and see the great number under the head of 
Marasmus, which means want of Vitality. The 
cause of this immense mortality is the lack of know- 
ledge by the medical faculty of any solid or fluid 
that can be used or administered to man, which con- 
tains raagnetism. If, after medical skill shall have 
exhausted itself upon a well marked case of Maras- 
mus, you follow the following prescription, tbej 
chances will be 7 to 10 that the patient will recover, j 
via : Wash the whole body of the patient with fi 
•soap (castile is best) and blood-warm water, after 
■which apply clear blood-warm water to take ofi the 
soap, then rnb the patient with a coarse towel un- 
til perfsstly dry, then apply Olive Tar with the 
hand, rub it well in over the whole body, and espe- 
cially on the entire spine. Do this morning and 
evening until a change is perceptible, then do it on- 
ly in the evening. The patient must be v/ashed as 
above directed each time on applying the Olive Tar. 
NEURALGIA. 

What disease is more acutely painful that Neu- 
ralgia. Nothing will cure it except time, or the ap- 
plication of Olive Tar. Among many testimonials 
I have selected that of Capt. Henry Russell, now 
Secretary ot the Seaman's Retreat. He has been a 
martyr for years to it, no relief has he ever obtained 
from any physician in this or in any other part of 
the world that he has been in. He says, if he tirst 
washes his face to remove all obstructions to the 
pores, and then applies Olive Tar, in less than 
two minutes all pain subsides. If this is not an in- 
crease of Vitality to the System — if it is not Elec- 
tro-Magnetism, what is it ? 

PARALYSIS. 

The preference given to Olive Tai' by paralytics 
over other external applications is conclusive evi- 
dence that it contains something like electricity, 
and if it is not Electro-Magnetism, what can it be ? 



PILES. 

Plies are caused by indigestion. The blood in 
the veins near the rectum is prevented by pressure 
from circulating, and becomes coagulated. The 
veins become enlarged and protrude, if the coagu 
lated blood is not absorbed, the veins become in- 
flamed, break and discharge. Olive Tar is a speci- 
fic for Piles, it penetrates, sofrens and opens the 
pores, and promotes the absorption of the coagu- 
lum. Apply as often as convenient. Relief will be 
immediate, and a quick cure even in chronic cases 
may be expected. 

THE ilAIR 
Is a hollow tube, and is always (when in healthy 
condition) filled with a fluid secreted at the roots, 
and which circulates through it in the same manner 
as sap flows in a tree, when the hair becomes dry 
and harsh, it shows a fevensh condition of the scalp, 
and the fluid which should go to promote the growth 
of the hair, is pas?ed through the pores of the scalp, 
and converted into dry white scales, which are 
known as dandruff. If this feverish condition of the 
scalp is not removed, the hair begins to fall out, and 
soon permanent baldness takes place, the evident 
cause of disease of the hair or scalp, is the want of 
sufficient Vitality. Mr. Stafford's attention was 
early directed to the prevention of Baldness, and to 
its cure, which can only be effected when the sac 
which contains the roots of the hair, have not been 
absorbed. The best application Mr. Stafford has 
found to suit the generality of cases, is a fluid com- 
pound, consisting of 3 parts of Olive Tar, 2 partg 
of beefs marrow, and 2 parts of castor oil, melt the 
marrow, add the castor oil, and when the mixture 
is blood- warm add the Olive Tar, then add oil of 
bergamot or any other essential oil that you prefer 
to scent it. This fluid compound will cause the 
hair to become soft, silky, and will remove, and will 
prevent the formation of dandruff. 

This fluid compound will also be found effective 
in removing Pimples, Roughness, Redness of the 
Skin, and it will cure Chapped Hands, Cracked 
Lips, Chaps, etc. No Ladies toilet should be without it. 

GREY HAIR. 
Is caused by a want of Iron in the system, and also 
of the want of Sulphur in the system. When the hair 
becomes gray at an early period ol life, Stafford's 
Blood Purifying Powders, which are compounded, 
of the concentrated extracts of Sulph. and Iron, (see 
his advertisement on 3d page of cover,) and the use 
of the fluid compound for the hair, above described, 
will (if both are used) restore the original color of 
the hair in a great majority of cases. 



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TESTIMONIALS 



BRONCHmS. 

Thurlow Weed, Esq., of Albany, N. Y., in a re- 
cent Editorial in the Albany Evening Journal, 
says of Olive Tar, that it has proved highly restor- 
ative as a Liniment, but that ita most beneficent 
objects are effected by Inhalations. " In this way, 
the atmosphere of a sick room may be made grate- 
ful to persons suflering from diseases of the Throat 
and Lungs. Tlmt it will heal Bronchial Irritatiom 
we have tlie evidence of personal ohservation.for affirm- 
ing.; and that it will exert a soothing influence in 
Pulmonary complaints, we believe. And in these 
aspects we regard Mr. Stafford's Olive Tar, a use- 
ful remedy ia some complaints, with the advantage 
of being in all cases, pleasant and harmless." 



The Hon. Bli. Cook, ex-Mayor of the city of 
Buffalo, ia a letter to Mr. Stafford says, that the use 
of but one bottle of Olive Tar has entirely cured a 
severe attack of Bronchitis, which had lasted several 
months, and had seriously threatened the loss of 
his voicfa. The relief was immediate, and in less 
than one week the cure was perfected. Mr, Oook 
used the Oiled silk Throat Plaster moistened with 
Olive Tar. 



Oapt. L. W. Brainard, former commander of the 
steamboat South America, on the Hudson River, 
says that the Inhalation and application of Olive 
Tar cured his wife of a chronic sore throat. 



Dr. Wm. Miller, of Brooklyn, says that the odor 
from Olive Tar is invaluable for all diseases of the 
throat and langs, and that the Oiled silk Plaster 
should always ba used, and especially for croupy 
children. 

COUGH. 
Wm. B. Townsend, Esq., late Senior Editor of 
the New York Express, says that for several 
month he had suQered from a Severe Cough and 
Oppression of the Chest, and that he obtained great 
relief from Inhaling and applying Olive Tar as di- 
rected. 



John F. Warner, Esq., a prominent shippiag 
merchant residing in Chicago, 111., says in a letter to 
Mr. StaSord : " I find Olive Tar to be a great speci- 
fic, particularly for colds. I have had plenty of op- 
portunities this season to test it on others, and as 
yet it has not failed. Many of my friends think I 
am interested in its sale, from the great interest I 
have taken to intrtduce it. I, however, consider it 
my duty to relieve the human family, which I am 
sure can be done, if they use J. R, STAFFORD'S 
Olive Tar. 

ERUPTION AND ASTHMA. 

Petersbukgh, Ya., Oct. 22, 1855. 

J. R. Stafford, Esq. — Dear Sir : During a re- 
cent visit to New York, my friend Gen. Cazenau 
placed ia my hands a bottle of your Olive Tar, as a 
remedy for an eruption of the face, under which I 
had been suffering for ten months. On my return 
home, I used the Ointi^ent made of it, by your 
printed directions, and its effect was most decided, 
causing the eruption to disappear in five days. 

I advised the use of your Olive Tar for a servant 
for several years afflicted with Asthma, whose 
breathing was so difScult as to be heard through a 
thick vjoJl. Under its influence, by Inhalation and 
Plaster, as you prescribed, she was so decidedly re- 
lieved as to breathe without difficulty, and is now 
comfortable. 

Having no doubt of the great value of Olive Tar, 
I send you this testimonial in its favor. 

E. A. BLANCH, 
Chief Engineer Southern Pacific R. R. 

OPPRESSION OP THE CHEST. 

Isaac Y. Fowler, Esq., Postmaster of the city 
of New York, under date of June 27th, 1855, says 
that for several weeks during the past winter, he 
was afflicted with a very Severe Cold and great Op- 
pression of the Chest, attended with an almost con- 
stant cough ; that no remedies were of any avail 
until he Inhaled and Applied the Olive Tar, when 
the relief was immediate, and a cure soon followed. 



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LUNG FEVER. 

A few months ago, Mr. John M. Barnani, Pro- 
prietor of the Boston (Mass.) Herald, was so sick 
with the Lung Fever, that his brother, a prominent 
merchant of the city of New York, was telegraph- 
ed to take a final farewell. 

He immediately purchased a few bottles of J. E. 
Stafford's Olive Tar, and an Oiled silk Plaster, 
went to Boston, placed some Olive Tar over heated 
water in a nurse lamp, to obtain its odor. This 
was continued for four days and nights. Eead what 
Mr. Barnard said in an Editorial of his paper after 
his recovery. 

Stafford's Olive Tae. — There is an article 
manufactured in New York, and sold by all the 
Druggists in the country, cal,led " Stafford's Olive 
Tar." It is compounded with olive tar and fats 
or oils. It is claimed to be a specific for all dis- 
eases of the skin, but how far that claim is to be 
allowed we cannot say. This much, however, we 
can testify : Daring a late season of sickness, when 
we were seriously affected in the Throat and Lungs, 
a friend recommended the Olive Tar. It is applied, 
and used by Inhalation, and is not taken. 

We followed the directions, and found that by 
the use of the Oiled Silk Plaster, and by impregna- 
ting the atmosphere of the room with the Aroma, 
by evaporation, (which is done by placing three ta- 
blespoonfuls in a saucer over a bowl of hot water) 
we not only Inhaled new life with every breath, but 
Disinfected the air from the impurities eshaled from 
the diseased body and lungs. 

The Olive Tar is recorameoded for a variety of 
cutaneous and inflammatory ailments. If it answers 
as good a purpose in all cases as it did in ours, it is 
truly a remedy that should be known. We do not 
know the parties interested in the Olive Tar, and 
wrote this notice prompted only by a desire to ex- 
tend the knowledge of what has proved to us to be 
an Invaluable Remedy. — Boston Herald. 

BLEEDING OF THE LUNGS. 
Having used Stafford's Olive Tar for Hemorr- 
hage and Weakness of the Lungs, I can certify that 
I have received decided benefit therefrom. I have 
also used it in my family for Burns with remarkable 



FL H. Faily, Dentist. 
Union Springs, Cayuga Co. N. Y. 



After three attacks of Bleeding of the Lungs, 
my wife Inhaled and Applied your Olive Tar ; the 
bleeding stopped, and her lungs have been mach 



stronger since. I also used Olive Tar for Chil- 
blain, with perfect success. 

WM. ATWOOD, Hardware Merchant, 

Union Springs, Cayuga Co., N. Y. 

Capt. E. Nye, formerly of the steamer " Pacific," 
has used J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar on several dif- 
ferent occasions, and can bear testimony to its great 
value, as an external remedy. 

SORE THROAT. 
E. W. Andrews, Esq., former Pastor of the 
Broadway Tabernacle, used Olive Tar in his family 
for chronic Sore Throat, for Frosted Feet, and for 
Burns, and in every instance a perfect cure has re- 
sulted from its use. 

QUINZY SORB THROAT. 
J. P. Parrae, Esq., No. 12 East 32nd Street, 
says that he is subject to Quinzy, Sore Throat, and 
that he has been more immediately relieved by the 
Inhalation, and Application of J. R. Stafford's Olive 
Tar, for that disease, than from any remedy ever 
before used. 

NEURALGIA. 

Henry Russell, Esq., of the firm of Eassell & 

Copeland, 56 South Street, has at various times, 

when attacked by Neuralgia, applied J. R. StaSbrd'g 

OlivG Tar, and received immediate and entire relief.' 



George H. Tracy, Esq., Secretary of the Atlas 
Mutual Insurance Co., Merchant's Exchange, finds 
immediate relief from the application of Olive Tar. 

I have used J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar for a se- 
vere attack of Neuralgia in the face, and found 
great relief from the application. 

W. H. DRAPER. 
80 and 82 William Street, New York. 

CROUP, MUMPS, AND SALT RHEUM. 
Mr. and Mrs. Torrey, residing at 66 Warren 
Street Brooklyn, unite in a testimonial commend- 
ing the use of Olive Tar and of the Ointment for 
Croup, Mumps, and Salt Rluum. 

CRAMPS. 
A citizen of Zaneaville, Ohio, who had been for 
many years subject to severe Cramps, and who had 
tried the entire round of remedies prescribed in 
the Materia Medica, was recommended by Dr. A. 
H. Brown of that city to try J. R. Stafford's Olive 
Tar ; he did so— the relief was immediate in every 
recurrence of the disease, and an entire cure has been 
affected. 



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SCARLET FEVER AN J) W 
COUGH. 



lOOPING 



The odor of Olive Tar is Electrified Oxygen, the 
most perfect Disinfectant kuown. It will prevent 
the spread of many, if not of all, contagious or in- 
fectious diseases. We have selected the two fol- 
lowing testimonials, which are from well known 
bnsiness Bien, proving the efficacy of the use of Ol- 
ive Tar, and its Disinfecting properties in these two 
most dangerous diseases, Scarlet Fever and fVhoap- 
ing Cough. 

J. R. Stafford, Esq.— Dear Sir : In a case ol 
Scarlet Fever, which occurred in my family some 
time since, your Olive Tar was used, I think 
with very beneficial effects. I will also state, that 
although the rest of my children were equally ex- 
posed to this disease as the one who had it, none of 
them took it. 

Very truly yours, 

F. PERKINS, 

No. 69 South Street, N.T. 

WHOOPING COUGH. 
An Oiled Silk Plaster, medicated with J. R. 
Stafford's Olive Tar, cured one of my children of 
Whooping Cough in a week. I have no doubt that 
the disinfecting properties of Mr. Stafford'.s Olive 
Tar, has prevented the spread of this dangerous dis- 
ease in ray family. 

JAMES W. JUDD. 

39 William Street. 



The following letter from M. G. Story, Esq., the 
Eminent Railroad Contractor, should be read by eve- 
ry one ; 

No. 35 London Terrace, ) 
Twenty-third St. j" 
New Tork, December, 1 , 1855. 
J. R. Stafford Esq., Nos. 22 and 24 New St.— 
My dear Sir : to tho application of your OLIVE 
TAR I owe my life. Tlie case I will state for the 
benefit of yourself and others, viz : In August last, 
an inflammation commenced in my side, just above 
the hip ; its extent was about the size of my hand ; 
the surface became very hard and very painful, the 
swelling covitinually increasing. In about three 
weeks from the first attack, nay attending surgeon, 
Professor Parker, lanced the abscess at the 
edge of the hard portion above described ; the dis- 
charge was profuse. The hard portion soon be- 
came putrescent, and my family resorted to every 



! known means to disinfect the house of the odor aris- 
j irig from the mortification, which it was evident 
I would soon terminate my existence. At the sug- 
i gestion of our mutual friend, George Law, Esq., I 
I obtained your Olive Tar, saturated some lint with 
I it, and applied it. The effect, to use the expression 

■ of Dr. Parker, was "magicaV The pain was at 
once relieved, the offensive odor was at once des- 
troyed, and from the hour the application was 
made the healing process commenced. 

\ Your Olive Tar has been used in my family for a 
severe Burn ; it relieved at once the Pain, and heal- 
ed the sore in a very short time. 

■ My Daughter applied your Olive Tar to a case of 
I Croup in our neighborhood, which was considered 

hopeless. The child was immediately reliev- 
ed, and the next day was apparently well. In hopes 
my dear sir, that you may long live to enjoy the 
fruits of your valuable discovery, 

I remain, gratefully, yours, &c. 

M. C. STORY. 

WEAKNESS OF THE BACK. 

My wife was induced to make a trial of J. E. 
Stafford's Olive Tar for iveakness of the back, attend- 
ed with great heat and pain about the region of the 
loins, accompanied with great depression of spirits. 
She has used a little more than two bottles, and the 
cure apparently is complete. The application was 
made by bathing the entire spine with Olive Tar, 
and rubbing the loins and lower part of the abdo- 
men ; this was done once in twenty-four hours. 
J. ADDISON JOY, 
15 West Baltic St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

WEAKNESS OF ANKLES. 

The application of J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar has 
i completely cured ray wife's lameness, or weakness of 
'ankles, with which she had been troubled for a 
j long time ; less than oiw bottle was used. We use 
j the Olive Tar as a general remedy for all external 
I diseases, with success in every case. 
i J. B. SALISBURY, 

No. 7 Sussex Place, Jersey City 

ERYSIPELAS. 

I am subject to Erysipelas Inflammation of the 
Face and Head. During these attacks I am always 
confined to my house for two or three weeks. Hav- 
ing Mr. Stafford's Olive Tar highly recommenned 
to me for this disease, I applied it at the commence- 



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ment of a recent attack. The disease was at once 
arrested, and in two or three days all inflammatory 
symptoms had disappeared. 

D. E. HUTCHISON. 

54 Barclay Street, New York. 

LIVER COMPLAINT. 
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 

I liad been afflicted for more than 3 years with a 
dull and heavy pain in my right side. I had what 
my doctor called the Lives Complaint. Upon the 
recommendation of a friend, I was induced to try 
Mr. J. E. Stafford's Olive Tar. 

I rubbed it on every night, (first washing my side 
with soap and warm water to take , off any grease 
and to open the pores.) I then applied an Oiled 
Silk Plaster, which had been moistened with Olive 
Tar. In less than a week I had relief ; and after 
using 5 or 6 bottles, I am entirely relieved of all 
pain in my side. 

In my opinion there is no Liniment equal to Staf- 
ford's Olive Tar, and there is no Disinfectant equal 
to it. Every family should have it to prevent, as 
well as to cure disease. 

W. E. EUSSELL, 
55 Broadway, N. Y. 

PILES. 

I have been cared of Itching Piles of long stand- 
ing, by the use of but one bottle of J. R. Stafford's 
Olive Tar — an external application. Olive Tar af- 
fords immediate relief. 

G. W. ENSWOETH, Forwarding Merchant, 
64 Pearl Street, New York. 



Mr. A. E. Simons, Inspector of Weights and 
Measures, residing at 150 "West 50th Street, has 
been severely aiSicted with Piles since 1838. By 
the use of two bottles of Olive Tar he has been per- 
fectly cured. Immediately after the first applica- 
tion he was sensibly relieved, and it took but a few 
weeks to effect a cure. 

W. J. A. Fuller, Esq., 38 Broad St., records his 
conviction of the efficacy of Olive Tar to cure the 
Files ; a very few applications sufficed to remove 
every symptom. 

ULOEES. 
Dr. T. B. Gray,ofCattaraugus!,N.Y., writes that 
he had applied an ointmeat made of equal parts of 
Olive Tar and Mutton Tallow, to cure a Varicose 
Ulcer, with the de?ired effect. He has used the 
Olive Tar with like success for Bronchitia, and for 
Rheumatic aad Neuralcfic Affections. 



BAEBEE'S ITCH. 

E. M. FoEBES, Esq., Engraver for the "Scientific 
American," adds his testimony to the efficacy of 
Olive Tar in Eheumatism, and to the virtues of the 
Olive Tar Ointment, for an Eruption similar to Bar- 
ber's Itch, which he states was of a most virulent 
character, and which had resisted all remedies, un- 
til the Ointment was applied. 

SCALD HEAD, 
Doctor Noyes Palmer, of Union Springs, Cayuga 
Co. N. Y., says that in a case of Scald Head, Olive 
Tar produced a epeedy beneficial effect, and that he 
is inclined to think favorably of its use for many 
diseases for which it is recommended. 

COENS. 
The effect of the application of Olive Tar or of 
Olive Tar Ointment, is to stimulate the formation of 
healthy skin, and consequently, to exclude any ex- 
traneous substance. This effect is most satisfacto- 
rily demonstrated in the following case of Henry 
G. Wheaton, Esq., late a resident of Albany, now 
of 23 William Street, New York: Mr. W. had sub- 
mitted to several unsuccessful surgical operations 
here, and in Paris, to extract a Corn, so situated 
upon a joint as to render him permanently lame. 
In about one week from the first application of 
Olive Tar, the Corn came all out, leaving the place 
all healed up, and in a perfectly healthy condition, 
and it has remained so ever since. 



S. P. York, Esq., of the firm of York and Lud- 
1am, 57 Liberty Street, recommends Olive Tar for 
Eheumatism, and for Bunions and Corns. 

CHILBLAINS. 

0. Y. Wemple, Esq., Sec'y Manhattan Life In- 
surance Co., corner of Broadway and Liberty Street 
New York, says that two applications of Olive Tar 
cured Chilblains on his feet. 

PALSY. 

Mr. Chapxes Newton, of 2nd Place, Brooklyn, 
gays that his wife [who is paralyzed on one side, 
prefers the application of Olive Tar over any other 
external remedy which has been applied.] 

STIFFENED JOINTS, AND CONTEACTBD 
CORDS. 

George U. Barrett, Esq,, late of the Broadway 
Theatre, in a note to Mr. Stafford, dated at Islip, 
L. I., Dec. 23d, 1855. says that the joints and corda 
of his hands which had become stiffened and coO' 



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tracted by a long and severe attack of Rheumat- 
ism, have become p/iaWe and relaxed by the appli- 
cation of Olive Tar ; also, that a neighbor's child 
having been severely scalded, he sent them some 
Olive Tar Ointment, which afforded instantaneous 
relief. 

RHEUMATISM, SPRAINS, &c, 

Joseph L. Lord, Esq., New. York, Agent of the 
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., No. 11 Wail 
Street, has used Olive Tar in his family for several 
months, and finds it efficacious for Rheumatism and 
Sprains. 

Edwin R. Yale. Esq., Proprietor of the Mansion 
House, Brooklyn, was cured of a severe attack of 
Inflammatory Rheumatism, and subsequently of a 
severe Cold, by the use of Olive Tar, as prescribed. 



E. A. Lansing, Esq., of Detroit, Mich., General 
Insurance Agent, was liable to attacks of Inflamma- 
tory Rheumatism. All remedies or applications 
previously used were of no avail. He heard of the 
wonderful effects of Olive Tar in several similar cases 
— tried it— was relieved at once. Yery soon all 
the swelling disappeared. The cure was so com- 
plete that no recurrence of the disease in any of its 
forms has taken place. 



Mr. Henry Snyder, of the firm of Blancan, Ewen 
& Co., No. 130 Pearl Street, New York, says that 
there is no remedy like Staflbrd's Olive Tar for the 
cure of Rheumatic Pains. 

ENLARGEMENT OF JOINTS, GOUT, &c. 

Chas. a. Griffin, Esq., Jauncey Court, New 
York, in a note to Mr. Stafford, says that he sent a 
bottle of Olive Tar to a female relutive, who had 
suffered for years from Enlargement of the Joints 
of the Feet, and was quite lame in consequence ; 
and that its eQect was to relieve all pain and to re- 
duce the swellings. Mr. Griffin further states that 
he had successfully used Olive Tar for Rheumatic 
attacks, and for Sprains. 



Col. Thomas G. Johnson, (late proprietor of the 
St. Louis Hotel, New Orleans,) says that for more 
than twenty years he has been so severely afflicted 
with Ulieumatism that he could not raise upon tip- 
toe, nor put on his coat or vest without assistance ; 
that he received no permanent relief until he ap- 
plied J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar, and that it has re- 
quired but two small bottles to relieve him of every 

pain, and to give him the free use of all his muscles DROPSY, 

and joints, that, in fact, to his own feelings he has Gen. E. Bronson, President of the Bank of Am- 
entirely renewed his age. I boy, N. ») ., in a recent letter to Mr. Stafford, states 

i that a lady of that place, considered past cure, has 

elieved by the use of Olive Tar, that 



Mr. H. McCuNE, 518 Broadway, gives his testi- 
monial to the great efficacy of Olive Tar for Chro- 
nic Inflammation of the great toe Joints, for swelled 
Ankles and for weak Joints. 

DISEASE OP THE SKIN. 
The followidg from the Rev. R.'H. Conklin, pas- 
tor of the South Congregational Church of Prov- 
idence, Rhode Island, speaks for itself. 

Gents— I take the occasion to report progr.es8, I 
have used a little moie than half of the can of Olive 
Tar you sent me, and I think it has done me more 
good than all the antidotes used for seven years. 
I feel quite confident of a perfect cure. If it 
should not cure, its mitigating qualities entitles it to 
the highest commendations, I shall take occasion to 
speak of it in the Providence Tribune. Common 
philantrophy, and a sen^a of gratitude seems to 
demand so much, can I otherwise aid you, and how, 
consistently with the professional duties of a clergy- 
man ? Your obliged servant, 

R. H. CONKLIN. 



Col. Fuller, Editor and Proprietor of the New 
York Mirror, says that many ills that flesh is heir 
to, curable by Stafford's Olive Tar, renders it a 
pleasure to commend it. We have used it as have 
Many of our acquaintances, and for Rheumatism and 
Neuralgia, S!;in Diseases, Deafness, Piles, ifc. it 
may be resorted to witi: almost the certainty of a 
cure in every case. Its application is pleasant and pcr- 
fectl;./ safe. It is in fact one of the few good things 
offered to ilm ailing. 



been so much 

her friends feel assured that a permanent cure must 

result from its contimied u.=e. 

The use of Olive Tar alone, will cure Dropsy, be- 
cause it restores Fz'/aZ;/// to the syitein ; but the use of 
StaSord's Blood Purifying Powders, in connexion 
with the use of Olivs Tar, Hastens the Cure, because 
the Powders add Sulphur and Iron to the Blood, which 
gives strength and energy to the action of the Elec- 
tro Magnetism., imparted to it from the Olive Tar. 



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J. R. Stafford's family receipt book. 



The undersigned Sandy Hook Pilots having personally or in our families, used Mr. J. R. Stafford's 
Olive Tar, or Mr. J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar Ointment, recommend their use for the disease or dis- 
eases set opposite our several names. — New York, May, 1855. 



KiHffi=. 


DiaEASES. 


KESIDSXCE. 


JOHN VAN DUZER, 


Neuralgia m the head, Rheiuatism, Mamps and Sore Thi'oat, 


219 Monroe street, N. Y. 


IrfAAC V.VKDEBBILT, 


Rheumatism of long standing, pain in the side, 


East Brooklyn. 


J. D. BEEBE, 


Cold settled in the back, 


35 TiUary-street, Brooklyn. 


JAMES H. SMITH 


Rheumatism, 


WiUiamsburgh. 


C. C. FBEEMAN. 


Sores, Rheumatism, &c., ic. 


Woodstock , Westchester Co. 


JOHs' HOPKliNS, 


Severe Cold on Chest and Sore Throat, 


105 South St. N. Y. 


JOSETH HENDERSON, 


Long standing Rheumatism, 


Franklin Ave. , Brooklyn. 


TH03. AITKIN, 
CHAS. II. MITCHELX, 


Rheumatism in Shoulder, 


Navy-etreet, Brooklyn. 


Disease of Throat and sore? on a child, 


92 Hester -street, N. Y. 


TH03. MURRAY,- 


Rheumatism and Pain in the Legs, 


Maspeth, Queens Co. 


JOSEPH M SHAW, 


Cold and Rheumatics, 


14 Dover street, N. Y. 


THOS. ORR, 


Piles and Rheumatism, 


Brooklyn. 


JOHN WRIGHT, 


Rheumatic Pains, 

Mumps, Severe Cold and bad Back OomplaJBt, 


■230 Cherry St., N.Y. 


JAMES P. CALVERT, 


UOFori^ythSt.jN.Y. 


ROBERT DENT, 


Cold and Cough, 


192 Elm St. , do. 
9C DelancT St. do. 


S. McNAi.LY,, 


Pain in the Breast, &c.. 


.'OHN McKEE, 


Sorol-hroat, Infiammed Tonsils, 


Statcn Island. * 


JOil.V LIBBY, 


Earache and Soft Cornis, 


155 Division At. Brooklyn. 


G. MAPES, 
JOHN JOHNSON, 


Rheumatism, 


216 Clinton-street, do. 


Cold and Sore Throat, 


162 Division Av. do. 


ANSEL BOURNE, 


Salt Rheum, 


do do. 


M. MURPaV, 
E, ElELLIKER 


Cold, Cough, 


90 Adams-street, do. 


Rheumatism and Cold, 


2 Atlantic-street, do. 


FRANCIS PENNEA. 


Cold, Sore Throat and Hoarseness , 


220 Cherrr-street, N. Y. 


WM. MAXWELL, 


Violent Pain in the Back, 


I4t WiUo'by St. Brooklyn. 


RICHARD BROWN, 


Soreness in the Chest attunded with violent Coiagh, 


32 Adelphi St. do. 


A. H. ;aUKPHY, 


Salt Rheum , Bunions, Headache, 


Division Av. do. 


JAMES CALL.4.H AN, 


Rheumatism, 


245 Stete-st. do. 


WM. H.JOHNSON, 


Soreness in Limbs, Pain in Bacl;;, 


145 Jay-st. do. 


J. MURPHY, 


Ringworm, Hoarseness, Rheumatism , 


125 Nas.sau-Bt. do. 


BENJ. U PRATT, 


Rheamatism, 


Gowanua, L. I. 


LEWIS A. THOMAS 


Toothache and Sore Throat, 


275 Riviagton St. N. Y. 


PETER W. ROFF, 


Pain in Breast and Kles, 


188 Orchard St. do. 


FREDERICK NELSON, 


Inaammatiou of the I-ungs, 


2 Atlantic St. Brooklyn. 



HORSES. 

New York, February 23, 1855. 
Mr. Stafford — Sir : Having used your Olive Tar, we take pleasure in recommending it as a most 
invaluable remedy for all Nervous and Throat diseases of Hordes. We have found it an excellent reme" 
dy for colds, and sprains of every description, and have full confidence in its power to relieve bone 
sprains and enlarj^ement or lameness of the joints, if applied immediately on discovery. 

H. B. WILSON, Foreman Ei,ghth Ave. R. R. Stables. 
FRANCIS FELIX, Veterinary Surgeon. 
P. S. — The Eighth Avenue Railroad Co. employ four hundred and fifty horses and mules. 



SORE BACKS ON HORSES. 

Camp, "Buena Vista," near Fort Mcintosh, [Larido,] Texas. 
August 15, 1856. 
Dear Sir : Capt. Marcy placed in my hands for use, a small qan of Olive Tar, with a request that I 
would give it a trial, as a remedy for sore backs on the horses of my company, and write you the result. 
This can, containing less than a quart, I have been using since the 20th of June. I have about thirty 
horses in my company, with some ten or twelve sore backs. I have iound the remedy a good one, heal- 
ing entirely in a few days some of the backs, although, ridden every day, and gradually healing the others. I 
regret that I have exhausted the can, and would like to see this "remedy introduced into use in our 
cavalry regiments, as it is the best I have seen. I am, very respectfully, 

Your obedient servant. 
To. J. R. Stafford, N. Y. W. L. ELLIOTT, Capt. Mounted Riflemen. 



SPRAINS, &c. 
Professor James J. Mapes, Editor of the Working Farmer, says in the January number, "that we 
have used Stafford's Olivb Tar tor Sore Backs. Sprains, &c. for Horses, with marked benefit. During 
the last six months, it has been used by many at our recommendation, and has always given satisfaction." 



Col. a. B. Gray, who surveyed the line of the Southern Pacific R. R., and also the Boundary line ^ 
between the U. S. and Mexico, says that Olive Tar is now an indispensable accompaniment of the sur- 
veying parties. That its use for curing sore backs of horses alone, makes it invaluable, that it prevents 
the annoyance of Tl^os^ujtoes and Insects, and readily cures their bites and stings. That he has found it a 
specific for Piles, for Sprains, and Rheumatic Painw. 



A. H. BARNEY, Esq., late a Produce Commission Merchant of Cleveland, Ohio, now doiog busi- 
ness at 82 Broadway, NewYork, was the past year so seriously afflicted with BRONCHITIS that he- 
was compelled to give up his business. Upon the urgent solicitation of several of his friends he was 
induced to apply and inhale J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar. After using less than Six Bottles Mr. 
Barney has been completely restored to HealtL 



From the Hon. C. K. Green, of Michigan. 
_ „. ^ Detroit. October .5, 1856. 

J. R. Stafford, Esq.—Sir : I take gftat pleasure in saying that I have used your Olive Tar, wkb 
most beneficial effects for INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM and HEMORRHOIDS. 

Yours very respectfully, C. K. GREEN. 



No. 2 South Street, New York, October, 18.o6. 
J. R. Staffobd, Esq.— Dear Sir: I have been entirely cured of ITCHING PILES by the use of 
one bottle of J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar. I have had the disease for more than six years, and have beeo 
BO distressed at night as to materially affect my rest. I think there can be no better remedy. 

WILLIAM CORNELL. 
Grain and Flour Broker, No. 2 South st. 



The following froni Gen, Duff Green, proves the efficacy of the application and iohalation of Oliv* 
Tar in chronic cases : 

New York, January 2, 1857. 
Mr. J, R. Stafford — Sir: Haviag been advissd to try your Olive Tar as a remedy for a 
SEVERE COLD, WITH COUGH, I applied it to your Oiled Silk Plaster, and inhaled the vapor as 
recommended in your printed directions ; I was cured, and do not hesitate to recommend it in like cases 

Yours truly, DUFF GREEN. 



No. 70 East 14th st., New York, Oct. 30, 1856. 
, Friend Stafford : True to the laws of nature, your Olive Tar has entirely removed my cough, of 
fifteen xjears standing. Comment is unnecessary. When applied with the Oiled Silk Plaster, as you 
direct, it must cure curable cases and relieve all others. Truly yours, J. W. COCHRAN. 



MR. GEORGE RICHARDSON, Commission Merchant, Buffalo, N. Y., in a letter dated December 
28th, 1856, says that Olive Tar has proved very efficacious in his family for diseases of the THROAT 
AND LUNGS, for CHILBLAINS and SALT RHEUM. Several of his neighbors have found it 
equally valuable. 



JOHN B. STEENBURGER, Esq., well known as the great contractor of provisions and supplies, 
late of California, having been for several years afflicted with an eruptive disease of the face, similar to 
RING WORM, which had resisted all curatives prescribed by the most talented physicians, was induced 
to try Olive Tar. He used but two bottles and was entirely cured. In bis letter of January 12th, 1857, 
Mr. Stafford, he says, that he will commend its use to all his friends as an invaluable remedy. 



COL. DANIEL RICHARDS, of 74 Broadway, New York, projector of the Atlantic Docks 
Brooklyn, N. Y., having applied and inhaled Olive Tar for a CHRONIC DISEASE of the LUNGS 
has been entirely cured. 



JOHN J. SPEED, Jr., Esq., late proprietor of the Great Western Telegraph Line, in a letter dated 
Detroit, December 1st, 1856, to Mr. Stafford, says that he has applied Olive Tar for a CHRONIC 
RHEUMATISM, and that it has effected a permanent cure. 



JOHN F. PORTER, Esq., New York, Agent of the Southern Michigan R. R. says that Olivt 
Tar, being a " specific " for so many ills of the body must be always kept in his family. 



GEN. THOMAS J. GREEN, of Texas, has used Olive Tar in his Family for RHEUMATIC and 
NEURALGIC PAINS with decided success. 



GEN. CAZENAU, of Texas, commends the use of.Olive Tar for SPRAINS and RHEUMATIC 
PAINS. 



HON. DAVID A. NOBLE of Monroe, Michigan, having been effectually cured of PILES by 
the application of Olive Tar, recommends its use to his friends. 



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It is estimated that at least ONE PERSON OUT OE SIX, is pennanently 
afflicted with some of the various forms of Piles. For the cause and the cure 
see tlie 26th page of this Book. 

OLIYE TAPv,- OK OLIYE TAR OINTMENT, 

Either as prefered, are Specifics for the immediate relief and speedy cure of 

.iiiiHiii, iiTiBiii, eimei ei iieesii wmm^ 

I have a large number of testimonials besides those in this Book, most of which 
iiave been given to me for private circulation : among them is one from the 
most eminent Surgeon in the United States. Eminent from Education, Talent and 
Official position. I have also several from prominent Merchants and Bankers of 

the City of New York. 

Olive Tak is applied as a Liniment for the cure of Piles ; its use is perfectly 
harmless in any condition of health. It maybe safely applied to any age, or to 
either sex-^when used as an injection, it should be mixed with equal parts of 
Fresh Sweet Oil, or the Ointment may be warmed and used as an injection. 

The Oli^^e Tar and Sweet Oil is preferable. 

Olive Tar Ointment is made by mixing equal parts of Olive Tar and Fresh 
i-endered Mutton Tallow— being diluted with the Mutton Tallow, it requires a 
longer time to cure ; but its use, if persisted in, will be as effective. 

IMPOETAKT INFOKMATION FOE LADIES 

Who have Weak Backs, Pain in Loins, or Distress in Lower Abdomen. 

The application of Olive Tar, in various ways, having been so successful in reliev- 
ing the above complaints, I have been induced to print a short but compre- 
hensive LETTER OF ADYICE Illustrated^by Six Highly Finished Electrotype 
Anatomical Engravings, making 4 pages of this size, which I will send to any 
address on receipt of 2 letter stamps. Ask for " Information for Ladies," and 
address 

J. R. STAFFORD, Practical Chemist, 

16 State Street, New York. 



To Booksellers, Agents and others who wish to purchase 

J. E. STAFFORD'S FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK. 

Our object is to give to this book a Universal circulation, and this is only to be 
done by making it a great pecuniary inducement for others to aid us. 

We are satisfied that the Book is our best Medium of Advertising Olive Tar, 
Olive Tar Ointment, and Blood Purifying Powders. 

The present sacrifice or loss that we make when we sell even one copy for 10 cents, 
we cheerfully submit to, for the reasons above stated. Under these circumstances 
we will sell 

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